Conceptions of Chinese Democracy Conceptions of Chinese Democracy Lorenzo, David J.
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press Lorenzo, David J. Conceptions of Chinese …

In 2004, the single non-transferable vote (SNTV) was abolished in Taiwan. The SNTV had
long been seen as a major factor in the sustenance of county-and township-level clientelist …

Due to the increasing prominence of social network services, political communication has
experienced a paradigm shift. To communicate with internet users, politicians, candidates …

Prior to the 14 th general election (GE-14), electoral practices in Malaysia have been often
criticised as being obscure and biased since it was plagued with issues such as dubious …

Throughout its long democratic transition and two decades of democratic functioning,
Taiwan's political development has attracted attention from many political scientists. This …

Countless studies have shown that local officials are less responsive to ethnic minority
citizens. Surprisingly, we find no similar pattern of discrimination by Taiwanese local …

Taiwan's exceptionally high Internet penetration and social media adoption rates, combined
with the growing centrality of digital tools and networks in shaping national politics, make it …

A central challenge for scholars of party politics is to explain parties' electoral success or
failure. Campaign strategies, candidate personalities, electoral systems, parties' issue …

Over the last two and a half decades the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party
have dominated Taiwan's party system. From 2008-2012 they were the only parties …

With the rapid growth of social network services, a paradigm shift in communication between
media organizations and the audience has occurred. Numerous mass media agencies …