Taiwan Journal of Democracy

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　Volume 4, No. 2, December 2008
●Essays

Democratization in Central Europe
András Bozóki
“Neighborhood Effects” of Democratization in Europe
Dirk Berg-Schlosser
Independent and Broader Civil Society in East-Central European Democratizations
Marek Skovajsa
Corruption and Democracy: The “Color Revolutions” in Georgia and Ukraine
Maria Spirova
The Third Wave in East Asia: Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives
Doh Chull Shin
The Structure of Taiwan’s Political Cleavages toward the 2004 Presidential Election:
A Spatial Analysis
Tse-min Lin and Yun-han Chu
Civil Society and Democratization in Hong Kong: Paradox and Duality
Ma Ngok

● Reviews

Political Change across the Strait: Not Necessarily Parallel
Andrew J. Nathan
Pacific Asia: New Regional Approach for Democratization?
Eric Chen-hua Yu
India’s Democratic Journey
Maya Tudor

　Volume 4, No. 1, July 2008
●Essays

On the Origin and Consolidation of Hybrid Regimes: The State of Democracy in the Caucasus
Jonathan Wheatley and Christopher Zürcher
Political Party Development and Party “Gravity” in Semi-Authoritarian States:
The Cases of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
John Ishiyama
Democracy-Building at the Precipice in Afghanistan
Rani D. Mullen
Democratic Sportsmanship: Contested Games and Political Ethics
Andrew Sabl
Political Advertising in Democratic Taiwan:
Audiences’ Perspectives on Political Figures through Image-Building Advertisements
Norman Peng, Annie Huiling Chen, and Chris Hackley
Election Strategy and Ethnic Politics in Singapore
Joel S. Fetzer

● Research Notes

The 2008 Elections in Malaysia: Uncertainties of Electoral Authoritarianism
Andreas Ufen

● Reviews

After the Second Wave of Democratization
Edward Friedman
Reconstructing the Rwandan Genocide: In Search of Local Dynamics
David Backer
Media in New Democracies: Agents for Change or Beneficiaries of Change?
Sallie Hughes

　Volume 3, No. 2, December 2007
●Essays

Democratic Theories after the Third Wave: A Historical Retrospective
Guillermo O’Donnell
Taiwan’s Democratization: A Critical Test for the International Dimensions Perspective
Laurence Whitehead
The Ethical Paradox of Democratic Leadership
John Kane
Varieties of Semi-Presidentialism and Their Impact on Nascent Democracies
Robert Elgie
Ethnic Identity and Democratization: Lessons from the Post-Soviet Region
Mark R. Beissinger
Governmental Performance and Political Regimes: Latin America in Comparative Perspective,
1990-2004
Peter H. Smith and Melissa R. Ziegler
Continuity and Change in Latin American Party Systems
Michael Coppedge
Interaction between President Fox and the Congress after the First Political Power Turnover in Mexico, 2000-2005
Hsiao-Yun Yu

● Reviews

Constructing Democracy: The State of the Art
Joseph L. Klesner
Robust Competition Checks State Exploitation: The Post-Communist Experience
Yu-Shan Wu
Managing Diversity through Institutional Design
Nick Jorgensen

　Volume 3, No. 1, July 2007
●Essays

The Cultural and Institutional Dynamics of Global Democratization:

A Synthesis of Mass Experience and Congruence Theory

Doh Chull Shin and Rollin F. Tusalem

Democracy, Good Governance, and Economic Development

Shalendra D. Sharma

The Media and Democracy in China and Taiwan

Gary D. Rawnsley

Explaining Press Performance in New Democracies: The Organizational Imperative

Sallie Hughes

Democratic Transition and the Consolidation of Democracy in South Korea

Sangmook Lee

The Limitations on Democratization in Thailand through the Lens of the 2006 Military Coup

Aaron Stern

● Research Notes

The Effect of Confucian Values on Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Taiwan

Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper

● Reviews

Confucian Rule in China: In the House of Virtue and Talent

Bruce Gilley

Response to "Culture Clash: Rising China vs. Asian Democratization," Ashley Esarey's Review of Rising China and Asian Democratization

Daniel C. Lynch

Response to Daniel Lynch

Ashley Esarey

The Role of the Media and Political Communication after Democratic Transition

Dafydd Fell

　Volume 2, No. 2, December 2006
●Essays
The Architecture of Authoritarianism: Southeast Asia and the Regenerationof Democratization Theory
Dan Slater
Stuck in the Mud: Parties and Party Systems in Democratic Southeast Asia
Allen Hicken
The Challenge to Democracy: Singapore’s and Malaysia’sResilient Hybrid Regimes
Diane K. Mauzy
Democratization and State Capacity in East and Southeast Asia
Ian Marsh
Promoting Democracy in Post-Conflict and Failed States:Lessons and Challenges
Larry Diamond
Religious Transformations and the Language of Rights in Latin America
Daniel H. Levine
Did the 2004 “Peace Referendum” Contribute to the Consolidationof Taiwan’s Democracy?
David W.F. Huang

● Reviews
Faith and Inclusion? Reconsidering the Inclusion-Moderation Hypothesisthrough Islamist Parties in Jordon and Yemen
Ellen Lust-Okar
African Elections
John J. Quinn
Culture Clash: Rising China vs. Asian Democratization
Ashley Esarey

　Volume 2, No. 1, July 2006
●Essays
Closely Fought Elections and the Institutionalization of Democracy
Laurence Whitehead
The 2004 Election in Spain: Terrorism, Accountability, and Voting
Ignacio Lago and José Ramón Montero
The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election
George C. Edwards III
The Mexican System of Electoral Conflict Resolution in Comparative Perspective
Jesús Orozco Henríquez
The 2004 Venezuelan Recall Referendum
Jennifer L. McCoy
Testing the Immune System of a Newly Born Democracy:
The 2004 Presidential Election in Taiwan
Tun-jen Cheng and Da-chi Liao

●Research Notes
The 2005 National Election Results in Costa Rica
Rubén Hernández Valle
The 2003 and 2005 Elections in Argentina:
From Anomaly and Emergency to the Legitimization of a Government
Horacio Vives Segl

● Reviews
Navigating a Dangerous Strait: Assessing Responsibility,
Defining Interests, and Prescribing Tactics in Relations
among Taiwan, China, and the International Community
Jacques deLisle
Path of Democratization: Circuitous in Slovakia But Not in the CzechRepublic
Paula Pickering
Direct Democracy in a Comparative Perspective
Christophe Premat

　Volume 1, No. 2, December 2005
●Essays
The Limits of Israel’s Democracy in the Shadow of Security
Abraham Ben-Zvi
Polarization and Consensus in West German Foreign Policy, 1949-1990
Clay Clemens
Foreign Policy and South Korean Democracy: The Failure of Party Politics
Hoon Jaung
Democracy, Divided National Identity, and Taiwan’s National Security
Cheng-yi Lin and Wen-cheng Lin
Catholic and Muslim Politics in Comparative Perspective
José Casanova
Islam and Democracy: A Global Perspective
Min-Hua Huang

●Research Notes
Assessing the Influence of Religious Predispositions on Citizen Orientations Related to Governance and Democracy: Findings from Survey Research in Three Dissimilar Arab Societies
Mark Tessler

● Reviews
Will China Democratize? If So, When and How?
Joseph Fewsmith
Dissatisfaction with Democracy in Latin America
Joy Langston
Post-Conflict Democratization: Arduous Process in Mozambique and Beyond
Shadrack Wanjala Nasong’o

　Volume 1, No. 1, July 2005
● Preface
Michael Y.M. Kau and Tun-jen Cheng

●Essays
Freezing the Flow: Theorizing About Democratization in a World in Flux
Laurence Whitehead
Globalization, Democracy, and the Evolution of Social Contracts in East Asia
Stephan Haggard
Party Decline in a Mature System: The Congress Party of India
Pradeep Chhibber
Transition without Justice, or Justice without History: Transitional Justice in Taiwan
Naiteh Wu
Appointing the Prime Minister under Incongruence: Taiwan in Comparison with France and Russia
Yu-Shan Wu
Constitutionalism in Africa's Democratic Transitions
Stephen N. Ndegwa
Democracy Challenged: Latin America in the Twenty-First Century
Rebecca Bill Chavez

● Reviews
Democratization in the Middle East
James A. Bill
Is Democratization Foreign Policy?
Edward Friedman
An Interpretavist and Constructivist Understanding of Democracy and Democratization
Hyug Baeg Im