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Mr. Sang-Hun Choe, in the middle, 2010-2011 Fellow in Korean Studies at the Asia-Pacific Research Center, participated in the discussion of Korea democracy.
Photo Credit: Heather Ahn




New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Taiwan and Korea  
Shorenstein APARC, CDDRL, KSP Symposium

Date and Time
May 27, 2011 - May 28, 2011
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Availability
Open to the public
RSVP required by 5PM May 25


Speakers
Chong-min Park - Korea University
Yun-han Chu - National Taiwan University
Hsin-Hsing Chen - Shih-Hsin University
Ho-Ki Kim - Yonsei University
Chen-Dong Tso - National Taiwan University
Ki-Soo Eun - Seoul National University
Sangho Moon - Sungkyunkwan University
Li Wan-I - National Taiwan University
Yoonkyung Lee - State University of New York, Binghamton State University of New York, Binghamton
Wan-wen Chu - Academia Sinica
Richard Bush - Brookings Institution
Jiyoon Kim - Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Korea
Shelley Rigger - Davidson College

This is the sixth annual conference sponsored by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) in Taiwan Program, and the Shorenstein APARC will co-host this year's conference.

The conference will compare the character, status, and evolution of democracy in Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). In addition to looking at the nature of the party system in each country and the state of democratic politics per se, we seek to examine a number of emerging features of advanced democratic development and evolution in the two countries, including:

  • how the new media of information and communication are transforming politics;
  • the implications for democracy and prosperity of aging societies and other demographic change, and the stresses these unprecedented developments will place on welfare systems and national budgets;
  • the adaptation of each economy to new opportunities and competitive challenges in the global economy;
  • trends in attitudes and values toward democracy and underlying liberal principles in the two countries, and how these compare with other democracies in East Asia; and
  • the implications for each democracy of China’s continuing development, as well as other regional and global trends.

Friday, May 27, 2011

8:00 am

Breakfast

8:45 am

Welcome Remarks Larry Diamond, Director of CDDRL; Senior Fellow of Hoover Institution and FSI, Stanford University; and Gi-Wook Shin, Director of Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University

9:00 am

Panel I: Democratic Trends and Drives

Trends in Attitudes and Values in Korea and Taiwan toward Democracy

Moderator: Larry Diamond

Presenters:

Korea: Chong-Min Park, Professor, Korean University

Taiwan: Yun-han Chu, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, National Taiwan University

Korea: Hee-Yeon Cho, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Sungkonghoe University

Taiwan: Hsin-hsin Chen, Graduate School of Transformation, Shih-Hsin University

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

New Media and the Transformation of Politics

Moderator: Daniel Sneider, Associate Director for Research, Shorenstein APARC

Presenters:

Korea: Ho-Ki Kim, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Yonsei University

Taiwan: Chen-dong Tso, Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, National Taiwan University

12:15 pm

Luncheon 

1:15 pm

Panel II: Demographic Change and Economic Trends

Implications of Demographic Change: Aging Societies, Declining Fertility, Emigration, Immigration, Social Welfare, National Budgets  

Moderator: Karen Eggleston, Director of the Asian Health Policy Program, Shorenstein APARC

Presenters:

Korea: Ki-Soo Eun, GSIS, Seoul National University

Korea: Sangho Moon, Professor, Dept. of Public Administration, Sungkyunkwan University

Taiwan: Lin Wan-I, Professor, Dept. of Social Work, National Taiwan University  

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Economic Adaptation to the Global Economy

Moderator: Yun-han Chu

Presenters:

Korea: Yoon-Kyung Lee, Dept. of Sociology, State University of New York, Binghamton

Taiwan: Wan-wen Chu, Research Fellow, RCHSS, Academia Sinica

 

Saturday, May 28, 2011

8:30 am

Breakfast

9:00 am

Panel III: Nationalism, Regionalism, and Global Trends

Implications for Korean and Taiwan Democracy of China’s Rise and Other Global Trends

Moderator: Gi-Wook Shin

Presenters:

Taiwan: Richard Bush, Brookings Institution

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Democratization and Identity Politics (inter-Korean/straits relations)

Moderator: David Straub, Associate Director, Korean Studies Program, Shorestein APARC

Presenters:

Korea: Jiyoon Kim, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies

Taiwan:  Shelley Rigger, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Davidson College

12:00 pm

Concluding Lunch

 

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Location
Bechtel Conference Center
Encina Hall
616 Serra Street
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
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Non-FSI Contact
Hsiao-ting Lin


Parent Research Projects



Topics: Aging | Democracy | Democratization | Development | Health policy | Identity | Immigration | Regionalism | Regionalism and Nationalism | Role of the media | Rule of law | Rule of law and corruption | Asia-Pacific | China | South Korea | Taiwan



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