PANELS

Panel 1. Explaining the Thinkable and Unthinkable of
Taiwan’s Recent Institutional Designs

Panel 2. Winners and Losers in Taiwan’s Constitutional Changes

Panel 3. The Logic of Taiwan’s Democratic Consolidation

Panel 4. It Takes Two to Tango: Cross-Strait Relations Between Taiwan and China

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Panel 1. Explaining the Thinkable and Unthinkable of Taiwan’s Recent Institutional Designs

Chair: James Myers, University of South Carolina
Department of Government and International Studies
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

Papers:

"Institutional Design for the Republic of China on Taiwan"

"Semi-Presidentialism or Imperial-Presidentialism? A Comparison between Constitutional Reforms in the ROC and the Russian Federation"

"The Iron Rectangle and Taiwan’s Distorted Democracy"

Disc.:

Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, University of Richmond
Department of Political Science
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA 23173

Robert Ross, Boston College; Fairbank Center, Harvard University
Fairbank Center for East Asian Research
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 01238

Panel 2. Winners and Losers in Taiwan’s Constitutional Changes

Chair: Dennis V. Hickey, Southwest Missouri State University
Department of Political Science
Southwest Missouri State University
901 South National Avenue
Springfield, Missouri 65804-0094

Papers:

"Campaigning for Constitutional Reform in Taiwan: 1996 National Development Conference"

"The Party Pact in Taiwan: The National Development Conference and the 1997 Constitutional Amedments"

"The Role of the Party System in Taiwan’s Democracy: Was the National Development Conference Good, Bad, or Ugly?"

Disc.:

Panel 3. The Logic of Taiwan’s Democratic Consolidation

Chair: Wei-chin Lee, Wake Forest University
Department of Politics, Box 7568
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Papers:

"ROC’s Constitutional Changes and the Prospect for Democratic Consolidation"

Kuo-hsiung Lee, National Chengchi University
Department of Political Science
National Chengchi University
Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

"National Development Conference: Analysis with a Populist Authoritarianism's Scheme"

Wei Yung, National Chiao-tung University
4FL, 15 Chi-nan Road, Sec.1
Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

"Elite Settlement and Democratic Consolidation in Taiwan"

John Higley, University of Texas, Austin
Department of Government
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712

Tong-yi Huang, University of Texas, Austin
Department of Government
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712

Tse-min Lin, University of Texas, Austin
Department of Government
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712

Disc.:

Steve Chan, University of Colorado
Department of Political Science
Campus Box 333
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0333

Shelley Rigger, Davidson College
Department of Political Science
Davidson College
P.O Box 1719
Davidson, NC 28036

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Panel 4. It Takes Two to Tango: Cross-Strait Relations Between Taiwan and China

Chair: George P. Chen, Augusta State University
Department of Political Science
Augusta State University
2500 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30904

Papers:

"Cross-strait Relations after the National Development Conference: A Perspective on Taiwan’s Political and Structural Changes"

Chien-min Chao, National Chengchi University
Dr. Sun Yat-san Graduate Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities
National Chengchi University, Taiwan, ROC

"Cross-Strait Relations under the Dynamism of Regional Economic Integration: A Preliminary Inquiry on Competition of State Capacity"

Hwei-luan Poong, National Chengchi University
Institute of International Relations
National Chengchi University
64 Wan Shou Road
Mucha, Taipei, Taiwan

"The Challenge of the Hong Kong Transition for Taiwan: A Year After the 1997 Handover"

Yun-han Chu, National Taiwan University
Department of Political Science
National Taiwan University
21 Hsu-chow Road

"Asymmetry and Strategies of Cross-strait Conflicts"

I Yuan, Institute of International Relations, Taipei
Institute of International Relations
64 Wan Shou Road
Mucha, Taipei, Republic of China

Disc.:

Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin
Department of Political Science
110 North Hall
1050 Bascon Mall
Madison, WI 53706

Baohui Zhang, Daeman College
Department of History and Government
Daeman College
Amherst, NY 14226