East Asia in International Relations
MA course, 4 credits (8 ECTS)
Fall semester 2015
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 11.00-12.40pm
Classroom: Tuesdays (TBA) and Thursdays – MB 201
Dr. YOUNGMI KIM
Department of International Relations
Office: Vigyazo Ferenc Building 2nd Fl. Rm. 211
Office hours: Tuesday 1:30 -3:10pm, Thursday 1:30-3:10pm
Ext. 2091
Email: kimy@ceu.edu
Teaching Assistant: Oded Raanan (email: raanan_oded@phd.ceu.edu )
E-learning website: http://ceulearning.ceu.hu/ (Assignments are to be uploaded on the
e-learning website. Turnitin will check for plagiarism)
Course outline
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the international relations of East
Asia. The course is divided in two parts. The first provides an overview to the region.
An overview of East Asia during the 20th and early 21st centuries is provided:
Attention is paid to state formation, regime types, democratization, and political
culture. The second part covers developments in the international politics of East Asia
since the end of the Cold War. Here the interplay between external and regional
powers is analyzed, alongside the foreign policies of the main actors in the region.
Special attention is also given to trends in Asian regionalism (politics, security,
economy).
Note: EA in IR is offered jointly with ‘Korea in International Relations’ – a course supported
by the Korea Foundation ‘Global E-school in Eurasia’ Project, launched at CEU in 2012.
This means that classes held on Tuesdays focus on East Asia, and those on Thursdays zoom
in on the Korean Peninsula with a focus on either the domestic or foreign policy of South and
North Korea. The Thursday classes are connected online and in real time, via BlueJeans, to
other universities members of the KF Global E-School consortium. These include ELTE
(Hungary), Paris-Diderot (France), the University of Vienna (Austria), the Middle East
Technical University/METU in Ankara (Turkey), the American University of Central
Asia/AUCA in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), and the Tajik State University of Commerce in
Dushanbe (Tajikistan) etc.
Aims
The main aims of this course are the following:
- provide an introduction to the domestic and international politics of East Asia;
- provide an overview of the regional policies and bilateral relationships of the
major powers (primarily the United States);
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examine regional organizations and the changing nature of regional order;
discuss the main conflictual dynamics in the region (Taiwan, North Korea);
discuss post-Cold War continuities and changes.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- be familiar with the political systems of the main East Asian countries;
- explain the linkages between local, regional, and global developments and
their impact on East Asian politics;
- analyze the foreign policies of the main East Asian states;
- have an understanding of the factors facilitating and hindering regional
cooperation.
Assessment:
10% : Class attendance and presentations
10% : Collective lecture note-taking (using Googledocs); group activity including
group forum on the e-learning website, Debate
20% : 1,000-word book review
30% : 1,000-word Position Paper on the debate topic or Electoral Notes or Video
Essay (10-15 minutes)
30% : 3,000-word essay
*Seminar presentation: Presenters are required to submit their presentation outline to
the instructor and the TA 3 days before the class.
*Collective lecture note-taking: It should be uploaded on the e-learning website (and
sent to the TA) every week before the next lecture starts.
*Book review due: Tuesday 13 October Midnight (books on Asian politics or books
listed in the course syllabus)
*Position Paper or Electoral Notes or Video Essay: Tuesday 10 November Midnight
Position paper on the debate topic (Should North Korea be engaged or contained?) or
Electoral notes in EA or Video Essay (10-15 minutes- make a short video with any
political issues in EA)
*Essay deadline: Thursday 17 December Midnight
Recommended course textbooks
Huang, X. (2009) Politics in Pacific Asia. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Joseph, W (2010) Politics in China. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Acharya, A. and Goh, E. eds. (2008) Reassessing Security Cooperation in the AsiaPacific: Competition, Congruence, and Transformation. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Beeson, M. (2007) Regionalism & Globalization in East Asia. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan.
Katzenstein, P.J. (2005) A World of Regions: Asia and Europe in the American
Imperium. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Background reading
You, J-S (2015) Democracy, Inequality and Corruption: Korea, Taiwan and the
Philippines Compared. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Kim, Sungmoon (2014) Confucian Democracy in East Asia: Theory and Practice.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kaji, S. and Ogawa, E. eds. (2013). Who Will Provide the Next Financial Model?:
Asia’s Financial Muscle and Europe’s Financial Maturity. Tokyo: Springer.
Mellisen, J. and Lee, S.J. eds. (2011). Public Diplomacy and Soft Power in East Asia.
New York: Palgrave and Macmillan.
Aggarwal, V. and Lee, S. (2011) Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific: The Role of Ideas,
Interests, and Domestic Institutions. London: Springer.
Lye, L.F. and Hofmeister, W. eds. (2011). Political Parties, Party Systems and
Democratization in East Asia. New Jersey: World Scientific.
Lee, Y. (2011). Militants or Partisans: Labour Unions and Democratic Politics in
Korea and Taiwan. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Callahan, W. (2010) China: The Pessoptimist Nation. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Bercovitch, J. Huang, K. and Teng, C. eds. (2008). Conflict Management, Security
and Intervention in East Asia: Third-party Mediation and Intervention Between China
and Taiwan. Oxon: Routledge.
Emmers, R. (2010). Geopolitics and Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia.
Oxon: Routledge.
Kwak, T. and Joo, S. eds. (2010) Peace Regime Building on the Korean Peninsula
and Northeast Asian Security Cooperation. Surrey: Ashgate.
Schoenbaum, T. ed. (2008) Peace in Northeast Asia: Resolving Japan's Territorial
and Maritime Disputes with China, Korea and the Russian Federation. Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar.
Frost, E. L. (2008). Asia's New Regionalism. London: Lynne Reinner Publisher.
Kim, Y. (2011). The Politics of Coalition in Korea: Between Institutions and Culture.
London: Routledge.
Kim, B and Vogel, E (eds). (2011) The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of
South Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Shambaugh, D. and M. Yahuda (2008). International Relations of Asia. Plymouth,
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.Kaup, K. ed. (2007) Understanding Contemporary
Asia Pacific. Boulder: Rienner.
Shin, G.W and Chang, P. (2011). South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy
to Civil Society. London: Routledge.
Cha, V. (2012). The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future. New York:
Harper Collins Publisher.
Jang, H.-J. (2008). Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies and the Threat to the
Developing World. London: Random House.
Acharya, A. (2009). Whose Ideas Matter?: Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism.
New York: Cornell University Press.
Acharya, A. (2008). Asia Rising: Who is leading? London, World Scientific.
Pempel, T. J. ed. (2005) Remapping East Asia: The Construction of a Region. Ithaca:
Cornell University Press.
Shambaugh, D, ed. (2005) Power Shift: China and Asia’s New Dynamics. Berkeley:
University
of
California
Press.
Sutter, R. G. (2010). Chinese Foreign Relations: Power and Policy since the Cold
War. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Snyder, S. (2009). China's Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security.
London: Lynne Reiner Publishers.
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Li, M. (2009). Soft Power: China's Emerging Strategy in International Politics.
Lanham, Lexington Books.
Taylor, I. (2010). China's new role in Africa. London, Lynne Reinner Publishers.
Yasushi, W. and D. L. McConnell (2008). Soft Power Superpowers: Cultural and
National Assets of Japan and the United States. New York, M.E. Sharpe
Vyas, U. (2010) Soft Power in Japan-China Relations: State, sub-state and non-state
relations. London: Routledge.
Tong, J. S. W. (2009). Revenge of the Forbidden City: The Suppression of the
Falungong in China, 1999-2005.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dalton, R., Shin, D., and Chu, Y. (eds) (2008). Party Politics in East Asia: Citizens,
Elections and Democratic Development. Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publisher.
Zhang, Y. (2003). Pacific Asia: The Politics of Development. London: Routledge.
Yahuda, M. (2004) The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific. London:
RoutledgeCurzon, 2nd ed.
Ikenberry, G. J. and M. Mastanduno (2003). International Relations Theory and the
Asia-Pacific. New York Columbia University Press.
Kim, S.S., ed. (2004) The International Relations of Northeast Asia. Lanham:
Rowman and Littlefield.
Kim, H.-a. (2004) Korea's Development under Park Chung Hee: Rapid
industrialization 1961-79. New York: Rountledge Cruzon.
Scheiner, E. (2006) Democracy without competition in Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Carlson M.(2007). Money Politics in Japan: New Rules, Old Practices. London:
Lynne Reiner Publishers.
Roberts, T and Hite, A. (2007) The Globalization and Development Reader. Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing
Sassen, S. (1992).The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Princeton: Princeton
University Press.
Bell, D. and Hahm, C. (2003) Confucianism for the Modern World. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Diamond, L. and Plattner, M. (2009) Democracy: A Reader. Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins University Press.
Weekly Schedule
WK
1-1
1-2
2-1
Topic
22
Sept
24
Sept
2-2
29
Sept
1 Oct
3-1
6 Oct
Notes
Introduction – Modern history
in EA and Korea
State formation and regional K, E-school
order: East Asia in the
twentieth century
Forms of government
One-party party system and K, E-school
politics: China / NK
Dominant party system in
Japan
4
3-2
4-1
4-2
5-1
8 Oct
Democratization and multiparty system: South Korea,
Taiwan and Japan
13 Oct Electoral systems and Social
cleavages
15 Oct Political
culture:
The
Confucian legacy
20 Oct Do ‘Asian values’ exist?
K, E-school
13th Oct. Book Review Deadline
K, E-school
Debate
7-1
22 Oct Political Economy - the 4 K, E-school –
Dragons, the Asian Crisis and
beyond
27 Oct Social
Movement
and
Activism 3.0
29Oct Soft power in East Asia
K, E-school
Lecture
by
Prof.
Valentina
Marinescu,
U
of
Bucharest
<valentina.marinescu@yahoo.com> .
3 Nov READING WEEK
No Class
7-2
5 Nov
Video Editing workshop
8-1
10
Nov
12
Nov
Region-builder or spoiler? The 10th Nov. Position Paper or Electoral
US in East Asia
Note Deadline
Should North Korea be K, E-school, Debate
engaged or contained?
17
Nov
19
Nov
The Rise of China and the
neighbours
China and Taiwan
K, E-school, Prof. Kwei-Bo Huang
(Issues in cross strait relations) National
Chengchi
University,
Taipei
Global cities in East Asia
5-2
6-1
6-2
8-2
9-1
9-2
101
102
111
24
Nov
26
Nov
1 Dec
112
3 Dec
121
8 Dec
122
10
Dec
China and Russia
K, E-school, Prof. Matteo Fumagalli
Comparative research in East
Asia: democracy, corruption
and inequality/ Labour Union
and politics
Approaches to Comparative
Regionalism
Norms, Culture and Foreign
Policy: The ASEAN Way
Is East Asia a region? Why is
there no ‘Asian Union’?
Wrap-up session
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K, E-school
Oded Raanan, TA
K, E-school
17th Dec. Final paper Deadline
Weekly Readings
Week 1-1 Introduction
What
is
East
Asia?
Why
does
Course Expectations and overview; Assessment and assignments.
it
matter?
Required readings
Huang, X. (2009) Politics in Pacific Asia, Ch. 1.
Shambaugh, D. and M. Yahuda (2008). International Relations of Asia. Plymouth,
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Ch. 1
Additional readings
Haggard, S. (2004) The Balance of Power, Globalization, and Democracy:
International Relations Theory in Northeast Asia. Journal of East Asian Studies, 4(1),
1-38.
Kim, S. S. (2004) Regionalization and Regionalism in East Asia. Journal of East
Asian Studies, 4(1), 39-67.
Yahuda, M. (2004) The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific (2nd ed). London:
RoutledgeCurzon, Ch.1, 2.
Week 1-2 State formation – East Asia in the 20th century
The lecture provides some background to East Asian politics and society by focusing
especially on issues of state-formation in the 20th century and the Cold War period.
The lecture also assesses some of the changes brought to the region by the end of the
Cold War, and pays special attention to the evolving role of Japan, the rise of China,
the changing dynamics between the United States and its allies in East Asia, as well as
change in the domestic arenas.
Required readings
Shambaugh, D. and M. Yahuda (2008). International Relations of Asia. Plymouth,
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Ch. 2 Samuel Kim
Beeson, M. (2007) Regionalism & Globalization in East Asia. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, Ch. 3.
Additional readings
Beeson, M. (2007) Regionalism & Globalization in East Asia. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, Ch. 1, 2.
Yahuda, M. (2004). Ch.1, 2.
Cohen, W (2000) ‘The Foreign Impact on East Asia’, in Merle Goldman and Gordon,
A. eds. (2000)(eds), Historical Perspectives on Contemporary East Asia. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 1-22.
Snyder, J (1991) Myths of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition.
New York: Columbia UP, 112-152.
Alagappa, M. (1998) ‘International politics in Asia: The historical context’, in:
Alagappa, M. Asian security practice : material and ideational influences. Stanford:
Stanford University Press, 65-114.
Christensen, T. (2006) Fostering Stability or Creating a Monster? The Rise of China
and U.S. Policy toward East Asia. International Security, 31(1), 81-126.
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Berger, T (2000), Set for Stability? Prospects for Conflict and Cooperation in East
Asia.
Review
of
International
Studies,
26(3),
405-428.
Friedberg, A. (1994) Ripe for Rivalry: Prospects for Peace in a Multipolar Asia.
International Security, 18(3), 5-33.
Christensen, T (1999) China, The US-Japan Alliance, And The Security Dilemma In
East Asia. International Security, 23(4), 49-80.
Kang, D (2003) Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytical Frameworks.
International
Security,
27(4),
57-85.
Amitav Acharya (2004), Will Asia’s Past Be Its Future? International Security, 28(3),
149-164.
Ross, R.S. (1999) The Geography of Peace: East Asia in the Twenty-first Century.
International Security, 23(4), 81-118.
Yahuda, M. (2004) Ch.1.
Zhang, Y. (2003) Pacific Asia: The Politics of Development. London: Routledge,
Ch.1, 2.
Week 2-1 Forms of government
The lecture provides differences in the design of government systems and their impact
on the policy process. It also compares systems of parliamentary and presidential
government. It focuses on the regime survival: minority government/ divided
government and compares and contrast forms of centralised and decentralised systems
of government.
Required readings
Mainwaring, S. (1993). "Presidentialism, Multipartism and Democracy: The Difficult
Combination." Comparative Political Studies 26(2): 198-228.
Kim, Y. (2008). "Explaining the minority coalition government and governability in
South Korea: A review essay." Korea Observer 39(1): 59-84.
Additional readings
Stepan, A. and C. Skach (1993). "Constitutional Frameworks and Democratic
Consolidation: Parliamentarism versus Presidentialism." World Politics 46(1): 1-22.
Elgie, R. (2004). "Semi-Presidentialism: Concepts, Consequences and Contesting
Explanations." Political Studies Review 2(3): 314-330
Cheibub, J. A. (2002). "Minority Governments, Deadlock Situations, and The
Survival of Presidential Democracies." Comparative Political Studies 35(3): 284-312.
Linz, J. J. (1990). "The Perils of Presidentialism." Journal of Democracy 1(1): 51-69.
Elgie, R. (2001). Divided Government in Comparative Perspective. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Mainwaring, S. (1993). "Presidentialism, Multipartism and Democracy: The Difficult
Combination." Comparative Political Studies 26(2): 198-228.
Elgie, R. (2007) Varieties of semi-presidentialism and their impact on nascent
democracies. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 3(2): 53-71.
Linz, J.J. (1990) The virtues of parliamentarism. Journal of Democracy, 1(4): 84-91.
Lijphart, A. (1999). Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in
Thirty-six Countries. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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Week 2-2 One-party system – China / North Korea
The lecture highlights the central features of two important one-party systems in East
Asia, and explores how they have evolved over time.
Required reading
Lin, G. (2004) Leadership Transition, Intra-Party Democracy, and Institution Building
in China. Asian Survey, 44(2), 255-275.
Additional readings
Beja, J.P. (2009) The Massacre’s Long Shadow. Journal of Democracy, 20(3), 5-16.
Hsieh, J. F.S. (2003) Democratizing China. Journal of Asian and African Studies,
38(4/5), 377-391.
Zhao, S. (1998) Three Scenarios. Journal of Democracy, 9(1), 54-59.
Oksenberg, Michel (1998) Confronting a Classic Dilemma. Journal of Democracy,
9(1), 27-34.
Harding, H (1998) The Halting Advance of Pluralism. Journal of Democracy, 9(1),
11-17.
Dittmer, L. (2000) Informal Politics in East Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, Ch. 1, 5, 6, 10.
Huang, X. (2009), Ch. 2, 3.
Diamond, L. and Myers, R. H. (2001) Elections and Democracy in Greater China.
Oxford, Oxford University Press, Ch.5.
Week 3-1 One-party dominant system in Japan
Democracy has come in different moments in time in East Asia, from an early start in
post-war Japan to a more recent process in Korea and Taiwan. The emergence of a
one-party dominant rule in Japan (under the LDP) is examined.
Required reading
Scheiner, E. (2006) Democracy without competition in Japan. Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, Ch.2.
Additional readings
Laver, M. and J. Kato (2001) Dynamics Approaches to Government Formation and
the Genetic Instability of Decisive Structures in Japan. Electoral Studies, 20(4), 509527.
Kato, J. And Y. Kannon (2008) Coalition Governments, Party Switching, and
the Rise and Decline of Parties: Changing Japanese Party Politics since 1993.
Japanese
Journal
of
Political
Science,
9
(3)
341–365.
Inoguchi, T. (2008) Parliamentary Opposition under (Post-)One-Party Rule: Japan.
Journal of Legislative Studies, 14(1), 113-132.
Week 3-2 Democratization in East Asia – South Korea and Taiwan
The lecture discusses the end of authoritarian rule in South Korea and Taiwan and
looks at the social and political forces behind democratization, as well as the hurdles
on the way to democracy.
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Required readings
Kim, Y. (2008). Intra-party politics and minority coalition government in South
Korea. Japanese Journal of Political Science 9(3): 367-398.
Lee, Y. (2011). Militants or Partisans: Labour Unions and Democratic Politics in
Korea and Taiwan. Stanford: Stanford University Press, Ch.1: 1-11.
Additional readings
Kim, Y. (2011). The Politics of Colaition in Korea: Between Institutions and Culture.
London: Routledge.
Kim, B and Vogel, E (eds). (2011) The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of
South Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Kim, H and Sorensen, C (eds). (2011) Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era 19611979. Seattle: University of Washington Press
Lee, Y. (2009). Divergent Outcomes of Labour Reform Politics in Democratized
Korea and Taiwan. Studies in Comparative International Development 44:47-70
Yu, C.-h. (2005). The Evolving Party System in Taiwan, 1995.2004. Journal of Asian
and African Studies 40(1/2):105-123.
Kim, H.-a. (2004) Korea's Development under Park Chung Hee: Rapid
industrialization 1961-79. New York: Rountledge Cruzon.
Bouissou, J.-M. (2001) Party factions and the politics of coalition: Japanese politics
under the "system of 1955. Electoral Studies, 20(4), 581-602.
Yap, F. and Y. Kim (2008). Pathologies or Progress? Evaluating the effects of
Divided Government and Party Volatility. Japanese Journal of Political Science 9(3):
261-268.
Croissant, A. (2004) From transition to defective democracy: mapping Asian
democratization. Democratization, 11(5).
Huang, X. (2009), Ch. 9 (‘Modernization and Democracy’).
Tong, J. S. W. (2009). Revenge of the Forbidden City: The Suppression of the
Falungong in China, 1999-2005.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Shin, D. and H. Shyu (1997) Political Ambivalence in South Korea and Taiwan.
Journal
of
Democracy,
8(3),
109-124.
Stockton, H. (2001) Political Parties, Party Systems, and Democracy in East Asia:
Lessons From Latin America. Comparative Political Studies, 34(1), 94-119.
Im, H. (2004) Faltering Democratic Consolidation in South Korea: Democracy at the
End of the 'Three Kims' Era. Democratization, 11(5), 179-198.
Shi, F. and Y. Cai (2006) Disaggregating the State: Networks and Collective
Resistance in Shanghai. China Quarterly, 314-332.
Pei, Minxin (1995) Creeping Democratization in China. Journal of Democracy, 6(4),
65-79.
Kim, S. (2003) Korea's Democratization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Week 4-1 Electoral systems and Social cleavages
This session provides studies on the party representation, constitutional engineering
and voting behaviour and social cleavages. It looks at the voting rules and political
behaviour and proportional representation and raises issues such as what variables
seem relevant to explain the choices for a proportional representation or a plurality
system.
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Required readings
Norris, P. 1997. "Choosing Electoral Systems: Proportional, Majoritarian and Mixed
Systems." International Political Science Review 18(3): 297-312.
Rokkan, S.1970/2009. Citizens, Elections, Parties – Approaches to the Comparative
Study of the Processes of Development. Chapter 3 (Nation-Building, Cleavage
Formation and the Structuring of Mass Politics).
Additional readings
Kim, Y. 2014. The 2012 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in South Korea.
Electoral Studies, 34(2), 326-330
Boix, C. 1999. “Setting the Rules of the Game: The Choice of Electoral Systems in
Advanced Democracies.”The American Political Science Review , 93(3): 609-624.
LeDuc, L., Niemi R. and P. Norris. 2010. “Introduction: Building and Sustaining
Democracy.” In Comparing Democracies 3 London: Sage.
Lijphart A. 1997. “Unequal Participation: Democracy's Unresolved Dilemma“, The
American Political Science Review , 91(1): 1-14.
Mozaffar, S., J. R. Scarritt, et al. 2003. "Electoral Institutions, Ethnopolitical
Cleavages and Party Systems in Africa's Emerging Democracies." American Political
Science Review 97(3): 379-390.
Benoit, Kenneth. 2007. “Electoral Laws as Political Consequences: Explaining
Origins and Change of Electoral Institutions.” Annual Review of Political Science 10:
363-390.
Benoit, Kenneth and Jacqueline Hayden. 2004. “Institutional Change and Persistence:
The Evolution of Poland’s Electoral System, 1989-2001. Journal of Politics 66(2):
396-427.
Iversen, Torben and David Soskice. 2006. “Electoral Systems and the Politics of
Coalitions - Why Some Democracies Redistribute More than Others”. American
Political Science Review 100(2): 165-181.
Karp, Jeffrey A. and Susan A. Banducci. 2008. “Political Efficacy and Participation in
Twenty-Seven Democracies: How Electoral Systems Shape Political Behaviour.”
British Journal of Political Science 38: 311-334.
Lijphart, Arend. Electoral systems and party systems. A study of twenty-seven
democracies 1945-1990, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1994.
Norris, Pippa. 2004. Electoral engineering. Voting rules and political behavior,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Ch 2, 3.
Hoffman, A.L. 2005. Political parties, electoral systems and democracy: A crossnational analysis. European Journal of Political Research, 44, 231-242.
Christensen, R. V. and P. E. Johnson. 1995. "Toward a Context-Rich Analysis of
Electoral Systems: The Japanese Example." American Journal of Political Science
39(3): 575-598.
Kriesi, H. 2010. ‘Restructuration of Partisan Politics and the Emergence of a New
Cleavage Based on Values’, in: West European Politics 33(3): 673-685.
Bartolini and Mair 1990/2007: Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability – The
Stabilization of European Electorates 1885-1985, Chapters 2-4.
Achterberg, P. 2006, ‘Class Voting in the New Political Culture: Economic, Cultural
and Environmental Voting in 20 Western Countries’, in: International Sociology
21(2):237-261.
Ufen, A. 2012. “Party Systems, Critical Junctures, and Cleavages in Southeast Asia.”
Asian Survey, 52(3): 441-464.
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Norris, Pippa. 2008. Driving Democracy: Do Power‐sharing Institutions Work?
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Albright, J. (2010), ‘The Multidimensional Nature of Party Competition’, in: Party
Politics 16(6): 57-72.
Week 4-2 Political Culture
Is there a distinctive Asian political culture? If so, what does it look like and how does
it matter in political, social, and economic relationships?
Required readings
Chan, S. C. (2011). Cultural Governance and Place-Making in Taiwan and China. The
China Quarterly, 206: 372-390.
Ham, Chae-bong. (2004) The Ironies of Confucianism. Journal of Democracy, 15(3),
93-107.
Additional readings
Kim, Sungmoon (2014) Confucian Democracy in East Asia: Theory and Practice.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kim, Y. (2012) ‘Confucianism and coalition politics: Is Korean political behaviour
irrational?’, Journal of Northeast Asian History, 9(2): 5-32.
Blondel, J. and T. Inoguchi (2002) Political Cultures Do Matter: Citizens and Politics
in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia. Japanese Journal of Political
Science, 3(2), 151-171.
Hsieh, J.F.S. (2000) East Asian Culture and Democratic Transition, With Special
Reference to the Case of Taiwan. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 35(1), 29-42.
Dittmer, L. (2000) Informal Politics in East Asia, Introduction Ch1, 3, Conclusion.
Hahm, Chae-bong (2006) Confucianism and the concept of liberty. Asia-Europe
Journal, 4, 477-489.
Eisenstadt, S. N. (2000) Trust and Institutional Dynamics in Japan: The Construction
of Generalized Particularistic Trust. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 1(1), 5372.
Inoguchi, T. (2000) Social Capital in Japan. Japanese Journal of Political Science,
1(1), 73-112.
Fukuyama, F. (1995) Trust: The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity. London:
Penguin Books, 3-145.
Zakaria, F. (1994) Culture Is Destiny; A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew. Foreign
Affairs,
73(2),
109-126.
Kim Dae-jung (1994) Is Culture Destiny? The Myth of Asia's Anti-Democratic
Values.
Foreign
Affairs,
November/December.
Beeson, M. (2007) Ch.4 (‘Nationalism, Domestic politics and Asian values’).
Dittmer, L. (2000) Ch 4.
Dalton, R. J. and Ong, N.N. T. (2005) Authority Orientations and Democratic
Attitudes: A Test of the Asian Values' Hypothesis. Japanese Journal of Political
Science, 6(2): 211-231.
Lee, C. Y. (2003) Do traditional values still exist in modern Chinese society? The
case of Singapore and China. Asia Europe Journal, 1: 43-59.
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Week 5-1 Debate – Debate – Do Asian values exist?
Required readings
Zakaria, F. (1994) Culture Is Destiny; A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew. Foreign
Affairs,
73(2),
109-126.
Kim Dae-jung (1994) Is Culture Destiny? The Myth of Asia's Anti-Democratic
Values.
Foreign
Affairs,
November/December.
Additional readings
Beeson, M. (2007) Ch.4 (‘Nationalism, Domestic politics and Asian values’).
Dittmer, L. (2000) Ch 4.
Dalton, R. J. and Ong, N.N. T. (2005) Authority Orientations and Democratic
Attitudes: A Test of the Asian Values' Hypothesis. Japanese Journal of Political
Science, 6(2): 211-231.
Lee, C. Y. (2003) Do traditional values still exist in modern Chinese society? The
case of Singapore and China. Asia Europe Journal, 1: 43-59.
Additional Readings on China Model
Breslin, Shaun. (2011) The 'China Model' and the global crisis : from Friedrich List to
a Chinese mode of governance?. International Affairs. Vol.87 (No.6): 1323-1343.
Barry Naughton. (2010). ‘China’s distinctive system: can it be a model for others?’.
Journal of Contemporary China 19(65): 437–60
Breslin, Shaun (2013). China and the global order: signalling threat or friendship?.
International Affairs. 89(3): 615-634.
Breslin, Shaun. (2009) Understanding China's regional rise: interpretations, identities
and implications. International Affairs. 85(4): 817-835.
Hou, Xiaoshuo. (2014). Dissecting China’s Rise: Controversies over the China
Model. China Perspectives No. 2014(2) : 61-67
Qian Gang. (2010). ‘How should we read China’s “discourse of greatness”?’, China
Media Project. http://cmp.hku.hk/2010/02/23/4565/
Robert Wade. (2010) ‘After the crisis: industrial policy and the developmental state
in low-income countries’. Global Policy 1(2): 150–61
Richard Stubbs. (2011). ‘The East Asian developmental state and the Great
Recession: evolving contesting coalitions’. Contemporary Politics. 17(2):151–66
Amrita Narlikar (2013). ‘Negotiating the rise of new powers’. International Affairs.
89(3): 561-576.
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Week 5-2 Political Economy – The Four Dragons, the Asian Crisis and beyond
The model of the developmental state features prominently in the lecture, which
provides an overview of the rise of capitalism in East Asia.
Required readings
Blankenburg, S. and Palma J. G. (2009) Introduction: the global financial crisis.
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33(4): 531-538.
Crotty, J. (2009) Structural causes of the global financial crisis: a critical assessment
of the ‘new financial architecture’. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33, 563–580
Additional
readings
Jang, H.-J. (2008). Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies and the Threat to the
Developing World. London: Random House. Ch.1.
Khan, S., Islam, F., Ahmed, S. (2005) The Asian Crisis: An Economic Analysis of the
Causes.
Journal
of
Developing
Areas,
39(1),
169-190.
King, M.R. (2001) Who triggered the Asian financial crisis? Review of International
Political Economy, 8(3), 438-466.
Kim, H.-a. (2004) Korea's Development under Park Chung Hee: Rapid
industrialization
1961-79.
New
York:
Rountledge
Cruzon.
Bowles, P. (2002) Asia's post-crisis regionalism: bringing the state back in, keeping
the (United) States out. Review of International Political Economy, 9(2), 244-270.
Zhang, Y. (2003) Pacific Asia: The Politics of Development. London: Routledge,
Ch.3, 32-46.
Gills, B.K. (2000) The crisis of post war East Asian capitalism: American power,
democracy and the vicissitudes of globalization. Review of International Studies,
26(3),
381-403.
Huang, X. (2009), Ch. 5 (The state and the economy).
Dalton, R. J. and D. C. Shin (2006) Citizens, Democracy, and Markets Around the
Pacific
Rim.
Oxford:
Oxford
University
Press,
Ch
1.
Kwon, H.J. (2005) Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia.
Development and Change, 36(3), 477-497.
Peng, D. (2000) The Changing Nature of East Asia as an Economic Region. Pacific
Affairs,
73(2),
171-191.
Islam, I. and A. Chowdhury (2001) The Political Economy of East Asia: Post-Crisis
Debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wenli, Z. (2001) International Political Economy from a Chinese Angle. Journal of
Contemporary China, 10(26), 45-54.
Hughes, C.W. (2000) Japanese policy and the East Asian currency crisis: abject defeat
or quiet victory? Review of International Political Economy, 7(2), 219-253.
Mo, S., Haggard, J. (2000) The political economy of the Korean financial crisis.
Review
of
International
Political
Economy,
7(2),
192-218.
Bevacqua, R. (1998) Whither the Japanese model? The Asian economic crisis and the
continuation of Cold War politics in the Pacific Rim. Review of International Political
Economy, 5(3), 410-423.
Kim, Byung-Kook and Vogel, Ezra (2011) eds. The Park Era: The Transformation of
South Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press Ch1.
Amsden, Alice H. (1989) Asia’s Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Armstrong, C.K. (2002) ed. Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy and the State.
London: Routledge
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Eckert, Carter J. (1991) Offspring of Empire: The Koch’ang Kims and the Colonial
Origins of Korean Capitalism 1876-1945. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Kim, Sunhyuk (2000) The Politics of Modernization in Korea: The Role of Civil
Society. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Koo, Hagen (2001) Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
World Bank (1993) The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Woo-Cumings, Meredith (1999) ed. The Developmental State. Ithaca: Cornell
University Press
Week 6 -1 Social movements and activism 3.0
Required readings
Sima, Yangzi (2011) “Grassroots Environmental Activism and the Internet:
Constructing a Green Public Sphere in China”, Asian Studies Review 35: 477-497.
Further Readings
Kim, Y. (2009) “Digital Populism in South Korea? Internet Culture and the
trouble with direct participation”, KEI Academic Paper Series ‘On Korea
2009’ Washington DC, 2: 143-156.
Oser, J., Hooghe, M. and Marien, S. (2013) “Is Online Participation Distinct from
Offline Participation? A Latent Class Analysis of Participation Types and Their
Stratification”, Political Research Quarterly, 66(1): 91-101
Piven, Frances Fox and Richard A. Cloward. 2000. “Power Repertoires and
Globalization.” Politics & Society 28(3): 413-430.
Jenkins, J. Craig. 1983. “Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social
Movements.” Annual Review of Sociology 9: 527-553.
McAdam, Doug and Dieter Rucht. 1993. “The Cross-National Diffusion of
Movement Ideas.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
528: 56-74.
Polletta, Francesca and James M. Jasper. 2001. “Collective Identity and Social
Movements.” Annual Review of Sociology 27: 283-305.
Giugni, Marco and Sakura Yamasaki. 2009. “The Policy Impact of Social
Movements: A Replication through Qualitative Comparative Analysis.” Mobilization
14(4): 467-484.
Saleh, N. (2012) “Egypt’s Digital Activism and the Dictator’s Dilemma: An
Evaluation”, Telecommunications Policy, 36(6): 476-483.
Lonkila, M. (2008) “The Internet and Anti-military Activism in Russia”, Europe-Asia
Studies, 60(7): 1125-1149.
Bimber, B. (1998) “The Internet and Political Transformation: Populism, Community,
and Accelerate Pluralism”, Polity 31(1), 133-160.
Norris, P. (2001) Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the
Internet Worldwide Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Van Dijk, J. (2006) The Network Society London: Sage, 2nd ed.
Bowler, Shaun and Todd Donovan. 2006. "Direct Democracy and Political Parties in
America." Party Politics 12(5): 649-669.
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Barr, Robert R. 2009. “Populists, Outsiders, and Anti-Establishment Politics.” Party
Politics 15(1): 29-48.
Arditi, B. 2003. "Populism, or Politics at the Edges of Democracy." Contemporary
Politics 9(1): 17-31.
Donovan Todd and Jeffrey A. Karp. 2006. "Popular Support for Direct Democracy."
Party Politics 12(5): 671-688.
Kriesi, Hanspeter. 2008. "Political Mobilization, Political Participation and the Power
of the Vote." West European Politics 31(1): 147-168.
Abts, Koen and Stefan Rummens. 2007. "Populism Versus Democracy." Political
Studies 55: 405-424.
Papadopoulos, Yannis. 2001. "How Does Direct Democracy Matter? The Impact of
Referendum Votes on Politics and Policy-Making." West European Politics 24(2): 3558.
Canovan, M. 1999. "Trust the People! Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy."
Political Studies XLVII: 2-16.
Arditi, Benjamin. 2004. "Populism as a Spectre of Democracy: A Response to
Canovan." Political Studies 52: 135-143.
Canovan, M. 2002. Talking politics to the people: populism as the ideology of
democracy. Democracies and the Populist Challenge. Y. Mény and Y. Surel.
Houndmills, Palgrave.
Taggart, P. 2002. Populism and the Pathology of Representative Politics.
Democracies and the Populist Challenge. Y. Meny and Y. Surel. New York, Palgrave:
62-80.
Taggart, P. 2004. "Populism and Representative Politics in Contemporary Europe."
Journal of Political Ideologies 9(3): 269-88.
Zaslove, A. 2008. "Here to Stay? Populism as a New Party Type." European Review
16(3): 319-336.
Week 6-2 Soft Power in East Asia
What is Soft Power? How does China try to exercise it? What are the impacts of
Korea wave (Hallyu) or Korean Soft power in the world?
Required readings
Hall, I and Smith, F (2013) The Struggle for Soft Power in Asia: Public Diplomacy
and Regional Competition, Asian Security, 9(1): 1–18.
Watson, I (2012) South Korea's State-led Soft Power Strategies: Limits on InterKorean Relations, Asian Journal of Political Science, 20(3): 304-325.
Additional readings
Yasushi, W. and McConnell, D.L. (eds) (2008) Soft Power Superpowers. London:
M.E.
Sharpe,
Introduction.
Li, M. (2009) Soft Power: China’s Emerging Strategy in International Politics.
Lanham: Lexington, Ch.1.
Li, M. (2009) Soft Power: China’s Emerging Strategy in International Politics.
Lanham: Lexington.
CSIS (2009) Chinese Soft Power and Its Implications for the United States.
Competition and Cooperation in the Developing World. Washington: CSIS.
Vyas, U. (2010) Soft Power in Japan-China Relations: State, sub-state and non-state
relations. London: Routledge.
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Week 7 READING WEEK/ Video editing workshop
Week 8-1 Region-builder or spoiler? The US in East Asia
The lecture examines the role of the United States in the region, especially in shaping
regional dynamics.
Required reading
Beeson, M. (2009) Hegemonic Transition in East Asia? The dynamics of Chinese and
American Power. Review of International Studies, 35, 95-112.
Additional readings
Beeson, M. (2007), Ch. 8 (‘East Asian regionalism’).
Katzenstein, P.J. (2005) A World of Regions: Asia and Europe in the American
Imperium. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, esp. Ch. 6 (‘Linking Regions and
Imperium’).
Inoguchi, T. and P. Bacon (2005). Empire, Hierarchy, and hegemony: American
grand strategy and the construction of order in the Asia-Pacific. International
Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 5(2), 117-132.
Ness, P. V. (2002) Hegemony, not anarchy: why China and Japan are not balancing
US unipolar power. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2(1), 131-150.
Yahuda, M. (2004), Ch. 8 (‘Era of American Pre-eminence’), and Ch. 9 (‘United
States’)
Inoguchi, T. and P. Bacon (2001) The study of international relations in Japan:
towards a more international discipline. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific,
1(1), 1-20.
Garrett, B. (2006) US-China Relations in the Era of Globalisation and Terror: A
Framework for Analysis. Journal of Contemporary China, 15(48), 389-415.
Week 8-2 Should North Korea be engaged or contained? - Debate
Required readings
Snyder et al.(2010) U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula. Independent Task Force
Report No. 64. Council on Foreign Relations.
Bates Gill (2011) China’s North Korea Policy: Assessing Interests and Influences.
Special Report. United States Institute of Peace.
Cha, Victor and Kang, David (2004) Can North Korea be Engaged? An Exchange
between Victor Cha and David Kang. Survival, 46(2), 89-108
Additional readings
Cha, Victor D. (2002) Hawk Engagement and Preventive Defense on the Korean
Peninsula. International Security, 27(1), 40-78.
Ming, Liu (2003) China and the North Korean Crisis: Facing Test and
Transition. Pacific Affairs, 76(3), 347-373.
Michael R. Chambers (2005) Dealing with a Truculent Ally: A Comparative
Perspective on China’s Handling of North Korea. Journal of East Asian Studies, 5,
35-75.
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International Crisis Group (2007) After the North Korea Nuclear Breakthrough:
Compliance or Confrontation? Policy Briefing No. 62.
Mitchell B. Reiss (2006) A Nuclear-armed North Korea: Accepting the
‘Unacceptable’. Survival, 48(4), 97-109.
Smith, Hazel (2000) Bad, Mad, Sad or Rational Actor? Why the Securitization
Paradigm Makes for Poor Policy Analysis of North Korea. International
Affairs 76(3), 593-617.
Jae-Ho Chung (2001) South Korea Between Eagle and Dragon: Perceptual
Ambivalence and Strategic Dilemma. Asian Survey, 41(5), 777-796.
Noland, M. and Bark, T. (2003) The Strategic Importance of US-Korean Economic
Relations. NBR Special Report, No.4. Seattle: National Bureau of Asian Research.
Shambaugh, David (2003) China and the Korean Peninsula: Playing for the Long
Term. Washington Quarterly, 26(2), 43-56.
Bruce Cumings (1997) Korea’s Place in the Sun. New York: Norton, 237-264.
Victor Cha (2000) Abandonment, Entrapment, and Neoclassical Realism in Asia:
The United States, Japan, and Korea. International Studies Quarterly, 44(2) 261-291.
Ming, Liu (2003) China and the North Korean Crisis: Facing Test and
Transition. Pacific Affairs, 76(3), 347-373.
Michael R. Chambers (2005) Dealing with a Truculent Ally: A Comparative
Perspective on China’s Handling of North Korea. Journal of East Asian Studies, 5,
35-75.
Ann Wu (2005) What China Whispers to North Korea. Washington Quarterly, 28(2),
35-48.
Further readings on Security in East Asia- The Korean Peninsula/ Territorial
Disputes
Alan Dupont & Christopher G. Baker (2014) East Asia's Maritime Disputes: Fishing
in Troubled Waters. Washington Quarterly, 37:1, 79-98.
R. Menon (2014) East Asia’s Dangerous History Wars. National Interest, 14
February, http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/east-asias-dangerous-history-wars9883
Ralf Emmers (2009) Geopolitics and Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia
(Routledge)
FT, Asia Maritime Tensions, http://www.ft.com/intl/indepth/asia-maritime-tensions
Council for Foreign Relations ‘China’s Maritime Disputes’,
at http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/chinas-maritime-disputes/p31345#!/
available
GWU Elliott School ‘Rising Powers Initiative’, available at: http://www.cfr.org/asiaand-pacific/chinas-maritime-disputes/p31345#!/
M. Taylor Fravel (2005) Regime Insecurity and International Cooperation: Explaining
China's Compromises in Territorial Disputes. International Security, Vol. 30, No. 2,
593-617.
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Week 9-1 The Rise of China and its impact on the neighbors
The lecture examines the factors that have made the rise of China possible during the
late 20th and 21st century.
Required readings
Callahan, W.A. (2008) Chinese Visions of World Order: Post-hegemonic or a New
Hegemony? International Studies Review, 10(4), 749-761.
Friedberg, A. (2012) Bucking Beijing. Foreign Affairs, 91 (5), 48-58.
Additional readings
Ringmar, Erik (2012) “Performing International Systems: Two East-Asian
Alternatives to the Westphalian Order,” International Organization, 66(1), 1-25.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=84792
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Speech by Zoellick, Robert B (2005) “responsible stakeholder” (Whither China: From
Membership to Responsibility? Remarks to National Committee on U.S.-China
Relations September 21.
Nathan, A and Schobell, A (2012) How China Sees America. Foreign Affairs 91 (5),
32-47.
Christensen, T. J. (2006) Fostering Stability or Creating a Monster? The Rise of China
and US Policy towards East Asia. International Security, 31(1), 81-126.
Kerr, D. (2007) Has China Abandoned self-reliance? Review of International Political
Economy, 14(1), 77-104.
Callahan, W. A. (2005) How to understand China: the dangers and opportunities of
being a rising power. Review of International Studies, 31(4), 701–714.
Lampton, D. (2007) The Faces of Chinese Power” Foreign Affairs 86(1), 115-27.
Ness, P. V. (2002) Hegemony, not anarchy: why China and Japan are not balancing
US unipolar power. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2, 131-150.
Yang, P. (2006) Doubly Dualistic Dilemma: US strategies towards China and Taiwan.
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 6, 209-225.
Roy, D. (1994) Dangerous Dragon or Paper Tiger? Hegemon on the Horizon? China's
Threat to East Asian Security. International Security, 19(1), 149-168.
Cable, V. and Ferdinand, P. (1994) China: Enter the Giant China as an Economic
Giant: Threat or Opportunity? International Affairs, 70(2), 243-261.
Xuetong, Y. (2001) The Rise of China in Chinese Eyes. Journal of Contemporary
China, 10(26), 33-39.
Osius, T. (2001) Discussion of 'The Rise of China in Chinese Eyes'. Journal of
Contemporary China, 10(26), 41-44.
Tammen, R. L. (2006) The Impact of Asia on World Politics: China and India
Options for the United States. International Studies Review, 8, 563-580.
Yahuda, M. (2004) Ch 6 (‘China and the Asia-Pacific’), Ch.10 (‘China’).
Roy, D. (1996) The “China Threat” Issue: Major Arguments. Asian Survey, 36(8)
758-771.
Ianchovichina, E. and W. Martin (2004) Impact of China’s Accession to the World
Trade Organization. World Bank Economic Review, 18(1), 3-27.
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Week 9-2 China and Taiwan
The lecture focuses on the conditions that led to the emergence of the two Chinas, and
the recent developments. Will they re-unify?
Required reading
Zhao, Q. (2005) Beijing’s Dilemma with Taiwan: War or Peace? Pacific Review
18(2): 217-42.
Additional readings
Rowan, J. (2005) The US-Japan Security Alliance, ASEAN, and the South China Sea
Dispute. Asian Survey, 45(3), 414-36.
Dittmer, L. (2006) Taiwan as a Factor in China’s Quest for National
Identity. Journal of Contemporary China, 15(49), 671-86.
Chu,Y. (2003) Power Transition and the Making of Beijing's Policy
towards Taiwan. China Quarterly, 176, 960-980.
Yang, P. (2006) Doubly Dualistic Dilemma: US strategies towards China and Taiwan.
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 6, 209-225.
Yahuda, M. (2004) Ch.6, 10.
Wang, T. Y. (2000) One China, One Taiwan: An Analysis of the Democratic
Progressive Party's China Policy. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 35(1), 159182.
Week 10-1 Global Cities in East Asia
This session provides an introduction to global urban studies, focusing on cities in
East Asia. It begins with questions about the nature of global cities and reviews the
main approaches to studying cities and urbanization in Asia.
Required readings
Sassen, S. (2010). “A Savage Sorting of Winners and Losers:
Contemporary Versions of Primitive Accumulation.” Globalizations7 (1/2): 23-50.
Lee, K., Wong, H and Law, K. (2007). “Social Polarisation and Poverty in the Global
City : The Case of Hong Kong” China Report 2007 43 (1): 1-30
Additional readings
Pizarro, R. E., L. Wei, et al. (2003). “Agencies of Globalization and Third World
Urban Form: A Review.” Journal of Planning Literature18(2): 111-130.
Sassen, S. (2008).“Re-assembling the urban.” Urban Geography29 (2): 113-126.
Pucher, J., Z.-r.Peng, et al. (2007). “Urban Transport Trends and Policies in China
and India: Impacts of Rapid Economic Growth.” Transport Reviews27(4): 379-410.
Cartier, C. 2002. Transnational urbanism in the reform-era Chinese city: landscapes
from Shenzhen. Urban Studies (39)9: 1513-1532.
Roberts, T and Hite, A. (2007) The Globalization and Development Reader. Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing
Sassen, S. (1992).The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Princeton: Princeton
University Press.
Sassen, S. (2005). “The Global City: Introducing a Concept.” The British Journal of
World Affairs 6(2): 27-43.
Dick, H.W., and Rimmer, P.J. 1998. ‘Beyond the Third World city: The new urban
geography of South-east Asia’, Urban Studies, 35(12): 2303-2321.
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Keil, R. and K. Olds (2001).“Review Symposium.”Urban Affairs Review 37(1): 119157.
Hamnett, C. (1994). “Social Polarisation in Global Cities: Theory and Evidence.”
Urban Studies31(3): 401-424.
Olds, K. 2001. Globalization and Urban Change: Capital, Culture and Pacific Rim
Mega-Projects, Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press.
Wu, C. T.. 2000. Diaspora Capital and Asia Pacific Urban Development in G. Bridge
and S.e Watson. eds. A Companion to the City. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Yan, Y. 2000. Of Hamburger and Social Space: Consuming McDonald’s in Beijing.
In D. Davis, ed. The Consumer Revolution in Urban China. Berkeley: University of
California Press.
Neuwirth, Robert. 2006. Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World.
London, New York: Routledge. Nairobi: The Squatter Control pp. 67-99.
Brysona, J. and W. Wyckoff (2010). "Rural gentrification and nature in the Old and
New Wests." Journal of Cultural Geography 27(1): 53-75.
Watt, P. (2009). "Housing Stock Transfers, Regeneration and State-Led Gentrification
in London." Urban Policy and Research 27(3): 229-242.
Week 10-2 Russia and China
The lecture examines the interplay between Russia and China in the Central and East
Asian regions.
Required readings
Kuchins, A. (2007) Russia and China: The Ambivalent Embrace. Current History,
107(702), 321-327.
Fumagalli, M. (2016 forthcoming) ‘Growing inter-Asian connections: Links,
Rivalries, and Challenges in South Korea-Central Asia Relations’, Journal Eurasian
Studies.
Additional reading
Fumagalli, M. (2012) ‘South Korea’s Engagement in Central Asia from the End of the
Cold War to the New Asia Initiative’, Journal of Northeast Asian History, 9(2): 6997.
Lo, B. (2006), Russia and China: Common interests, contrasting perceptions. CLSA
Asian Geopolitics Report, Shanghai, May, 1-31.
Torbakov, I. (2007) The West, Russia, and China in Central Asia: What Kind of
Game is being played in the region? Transition Studies Review, 14(1), 152-162.
Shlapentokh, D. (2007) China in the Russian mind today: Ambivalence and
Defeatism. Europe-Asia Studies, 59(1), 1-21.
Lo, B. (2004) The Long Sunset of Strategic Partnership. International Affairs, 80(2),
295-309.
Lo, B. (2005) Pacific Russia and Asia: An edgy engagement. CLSA Asian Geopolitics
Report, Shanghai, September.
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Week 11-1 Comparative research in East Asia
Why do we compare and how do we compare and what do we compare? This session
introduces cases of comparative research in East Asia.
Required reading
Jong-sung You (2014) Land Reform, Inequality, and Corruption: A Comparative
Historical Study of Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. The Korean Journal of
International Studies, 12(1), 191-224.
Additional reading
Lee, Y. (2014) Diverging Patterns of Democratic Representation in Korea and
Taiwan: Political Parties and Social Movements, Asian Survey, 54(3), 419-444
You, J-S (2015) Democracy, Inequality and Corruption: Korea, Taiwan and the
Philippines Compared. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lee, Y. (2011). Militants or Partisans: Labour Unions and Democratic Politics in
Korea and Taiwan. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Week 11-2 Approaches to Comparative Regionalism
Why do some regional organizations perform better in economic and political
integration compared to other regional organizations? Can we compare EU and
ASEAN and if we can in what way and how we can compare? The session raises such
questions studying various regional integrations in different regions.
Required readings
Fawn, R. (2009). "Regions and their study: where from, what for and where to?"
Review of International Studies35: 5-34.
Additional readings
Fawcett, L. (2004). "Exploring regional domains: a comparative history of
regionalism."International Affairs80(3): 429-446.
Sbragia, A. (2008). "Review Article: Comparative Regionalism: What might it be?"
Journal of Common Market Studies46(s1): 29-49.
Kubicek, P. (2009) ‘The Commonwealth of Independent States: an example of failed
regionalism?’ in Fawn Ed., Globalising the Regional, Regionalising the
Global Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
AcharyaA. and Johnston, A.Eds. (2007) Crafting Cooperation: Regional International
Institutions in Comparative Perspective Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.Introduction and Conclusion.
Pempel, T. J. (2005). Remapping East Asia: The Construction of a Region. New
York, Cornell University Press, Ch.1-2.
Mark Beeson (2005) “Rethinking regionalism: Europe and East Asia in Comparative
historical perspective”. Journal of European Public Policy, 12(6), pp. 969-985.
Walter Mattli (1999), The Logic of Regional Integration. Europe and Beyond,
Cambridge: CUP, pp. 41-67.
Monty G. Marshall (1999) Third World War: System, Process, and Conflict
Dynamics Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Ch.6
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Andrew Wyatt-Walter, ’Regionalism, Globalization, andWorld Economic Order’,
in:L. Fawcett and A. Hurrell (1995, eds.) Regionalism in World Politics: Regional
Organization and International Order, Oxford: OUP.
Week 12-1 Norms, culture and foreign policy: The ASEAN way
Building on some of the points made in the previous lecture, here the focus is on how
culture and norms shape foreign policy and the emergence of regional organizations.
Required reading
Acharya, A. (2004) How Ideas Spread: Whose Norms Matter? Norm Localization and
Institutional Change in Asian Regionalism. International Organization, 58(2), 23975.
Additional readings
Emmerson, D. K. (2005) Security, Community, and Democracy in Southeast Asia:
Analyzing ASEAN. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 6(2), 165-185.
Acharya, A. and Tan, S. S. (2006). Betwixt balance and community: America,
ASEAN, and the security of Southeast Asia. International Relations of the AsiaPacific, 6, 37-59.
Solingen, E. (2005) ASEAN cooperation: the legacy of the economic crisis.
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 5, 1-29.
Nabers, D. (2003) The social construction of international institutions: the case of
ASEAN + 3. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 3, 113-136.
Ashizawa, K. (2003) Japan's approach toward Asian regional security: from 'huband-spoke' bilateralism to 'multi-tiered'. Pacific Review, 16(3), 361-382.
Menon, J. (2000) The Evolving ASEAN Free Trade Area: Widening and Deepening.
Asian Development Review, 18(1), 49-72.
Dokken, K. (2001) Environment, security and regionalism in the Asia-Pacific: is
environmental security a useful concept. Pacific Review, 14(4), 2001, 509-530.
Webber, D. (2001) Two funerals and a wedding? The ups and downs of regionalism
in East Asia and Asia-Pacific after the Asian crisis. Pacific Review, 14(3), 339-372.
Week 12-2 Is East Asia a region? Why is there no ‘Asia Union’? / Wrap-up
What keeps East Asia together? What constitutes a region? These are some of the
questions that lead the discussion in this session. The lecture sets Asian regionalism in
a broader comparative perspective, and also asks why no equivalent of European
Union has developed.
Required reading
Beeson, M. (2007) Regionalism & Globalization in East Asia. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan. Ch. 1 (Conceptualising East Asia)
Additional readings
Kim, S. S. (2004). Regionalization and Regionalism in East Asia. Journal of East
Asian Studies 4(1), 39-67.
Katzenstein, P.J. (2005) A World of Regions: Asia and Europe in the American
Imperium. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
Hemmer, C. and Katzenstein, P. (2002) Why Is There No NATO in Asia? Collective
Identity, Regionalism, and the Origins of Multilateralism. International Organization
56(3),
575-607.
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Acharya, A (2008), ‘Regional Institutions and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Evolution,
Adaptation, and Prospects for Transformation’ in Amitav Acharya and Evelyn Goh
eds., Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Competition, Congruence,
and Transformation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 19-40.
Ravenhill, J. (2007), ‘Asia’s New Economic Institutions’, in Vinod K. Aggarwal and
Koo, M. G. (eds.) Asia’s New Institutional Architecture: Evolving Structures for
Managing Trade, Financial and Security Relations. Girona: Springer, 35-58.
Huang, X. (2009) Ch. 10 (‘Globalization, regionalism and the myth of the Asian
century’)
Beeson, M. (2007) Regionalism & Globalization in East Asia. New York: Palgrave.
Ch 8 (‘East Asian Futures’).
Kim, Y. (1997) Asian-style Democracy: A Critique from East Asia. Asian Survey
37(12), 1119-1134.
Berger, T. (2000) Set for stability? Prospects for conflict and co-operation in East
Asia. Review of International Studies, 26(3), 405-428.
Katzenstein, P. (2000) Regionalism and Asia. New Political Economy, 5(3), 353-368.
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