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週次
Week
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課程主題
Topic
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課程內容與指定閱讀
Content and Reading Assignment
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教學活動與作業
Teaching Activities and Homework
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學習投入時間
Student workload expectation
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課堂講授
In-class Hours
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課程前後
Outside-of-class Hours
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Introduction
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The weekly topic is assigned with two articles (journal articles or book chapters).
For a detailed syllabus. please see the course attachment.
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Discussion
Twice a semester, students must prepare a ten-minute oral presentation, based on one of the assigned articles of their choice.
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3
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2
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Theories of Democratization
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- Christian Welzel, “Theories of Democratization,” in Christian W. Haerpfer, et al., eds, Democratization (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009),, ch. 6.
- Grzegorz Ekiert, “Three Generations of Research on Post-Communist Politics–A Sketch,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 29, No. 2 (May 2015), pp. 323-337.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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3
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Measuring Democracy and Democratization
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- Patrick Bernhagen, “Measuring Democracy and Democratization,” in Haerpfer, et al., eds, Democratization, ch. 3.
- Michael Coppedge and David Kuehn, “Introduction: Absorbing the Four Methodological Disruptions in Democratization Research?” Democratization, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2019), pp. 1-20.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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4
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The Authoritarian Resurgence
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- Martin K. Dimitrov, “Understanding Communist Collapse and Resilience,” in Martin K. Dimitrov, ed., Why Communism Did Not Collapse: Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), ch. 1.
- Larry Diamond, “Democratic Regression in Comparative Perspective: Scope, Methods, and Causes,” Democratization, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2021), pp. 22-42.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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5
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Constitutional Engineering and Democratization
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- Petra Stykow, “The Devil in the Details: Constitutional Regime Types in Post-Soviet Eurasia,” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 35, No. 2 (2019), pp. 122-139.
- Henry E. Hale, “The Informal Politics of Formal Constitutions: Rethinking the Effects of ‘Presidentialism’ and ‘Parliamentarism’ in the Cases of Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine,” in Tom Ginsburg and Alberto Simpser, eds., Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014), ch. 10.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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6
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Political Parties and Democratization
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- Rico Isaacs, “The Role of Party Interest Articulation in the Personalist-Authoritarian Regimes of the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 67, Nos. 4-5 (2020), pp. 375-387.
- Kiran Rose Auerbach, “How Do Political Parties Capture New Democracies? Hungary and North Macedonia in Comparison,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 37, No. 2 (May 2023), pp. 538-562.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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7
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Elections and Democratization
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- Victoria Leukavets, Andrey Makarychev & Giorgi Beridze, “Electoral Campaigns in Times of Lockdown: Post-Soviet Experiences,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4 (May 2023), pp. 545-563.
- Alanna C. Van Antwerp and Nathan J. Brown, “The Electoral Model without Elections? The Arab Uprisings of 2011 and the Color Revolutions in Comparative Perspective,” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spring 2018), pp. 195-226.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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8
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Civil Society, Contentious Politics, and Democratization
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- Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves, “Rethinking Theoretical Approaches to Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe: Toward a Dynamic Approach,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Nov. 2022), pp. 1335-1354.
- Elzbieta Korolczuk, “Challenging Civil Society Elites in Poland: The Dynamics and Strategies of Civil Society Actors,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 37, No. 3 (August 2023), pp. 880-902.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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9
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Nationalism, Illiberalism and Democratization
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- Ellen Carnaghan, “From Balcony to Barricade: Nationalism and Popular Mobilisation in Georgia, Ukraine, and Russia,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68, No. 9 (Nov. 2016), pp. 1579-1607.
- Petra Guasti and Lenka Bustikova, “Varieties of Illiberal Backlash in Central Europe,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 70, No. 2 (2023), pp. 130-142.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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10
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Social Media, New Technology and Democratization
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- Ion Marandici, “Collective Action, Memories of 1989, and Social Media: Novel Insights from Moldova’s Twitter Revolution,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1 (2023), pp. 82-104.
- Erica Marat & Deborah Sutton, “Technological Solutions for Complex Problems: Emerging Electronic Surveillance Regimes in Eurasian Cities,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 73, No. 1 (2021), pp. 243-267.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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11
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Memory Politics and Democratization
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- Michael Bernhard and Jan Kubik, eds., Twenty Years after Communism: The Politics of Memory and Commemoration (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2014), ch. 1.
- Kristin M. Bakke, Kit Rickard, and John O’Loughlin, “Perceptions of the Past in the Post-Soviet Space,” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 39, No. 4 (2023), pp. 223-256.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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12
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State Governance and Democratization
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- Diana T. Kudaibergenova and Marlene Laruelle, “Making Sense of the January 2022 Protests in Kazakhstan: Failing Legitimacy, Culture of Protests, and Elite Readjustments,” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 38, No. 6 (2022), pp. 441-459.
- Stephen Hall, “The End of Adaptive Authoritarianism in Belarus?” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 75, No. 1 (January 2023), pp. 1-27.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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13
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Economic Development and Democratization
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- Hilary Appel and Mitchell A. Orenstein, “Why Did Neoliberalism Triumph and Endure in the Post-Communist World?” Comparative Politics, Vol. 48, No. 3 (April 2016), pp. 313-331.
- Ion Marandict, “Taming the Oligarchs? Democratization and State Capture: The Case of Moldova,” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Winter 2021), pp. 63-90.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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14
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Political Elite, Personalism and Democratization
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- Karrie J. Koesel, “Guardians of the Status Quo: Stopping the Diffusion of Popular Challenges to Authoritarian Rule,” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spring 2018), pp. 251-284.
- Erica Frantz et al., “How Personalist Politics Is Changing Democracies,” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 32, No. 3 (July 2021), pp. 94-108.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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15
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Civil-Military Relations and Democratization
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- Zoltan Barany, The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2012), ch. 1.
- Suzanne E. Scoggins, “Rethinking Authoritarian Resilience and the Coercive Apparatus,” Comparative Politics, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Jan. 2021), pp. 309-330.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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16
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External Influence and Democratization
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- Antonino Castaldo, “External Democracy Promotion in Time of Democratic Crisis: Linkage, Leverage, and Domestic Actors’ Diversionary Behaviours,” East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Feb. 2022), pp. 96-117.
- Alexander Libman and Anastassia V. Obydenkova, “Understanding Authoritarian Regionalism,” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct. 2018), pp. 151-165.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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17
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Flexible Learning
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No reading assignments
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Independent research on final paper; One-on-One meeting by appointment
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Flexible Learning
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No reading assignments
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Independent research on final paper; One-on-One meeting by appointment
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