Basic Reading:

1.          Fell, Dafydd (2005). Party Politics in Taiwan, London and New York: Routledge: pp. 28-84.

2.          Fell, Dafydd (2005) “Political and Media Liberalization and Political Corruption in Taiwan.” China Quarterly 184: pp. 875-893. (O) & (C)

3.          Wong, Joseph (2008). “Resisting Reform: The Politics of Healthcare in Democratizing Taiwan, in Dafydd Fell ed. Politics of Modern Taiwan, Vol. 3, London and New York: Routledge: pp. 81-104. (C)

4.          Kong, Tat-yan (2004). “Corruption and the Effect of Regime Type: The Case of Taiwan.” New Political Economy 9 (3), pp.341-364. (O)

5.          Goodman, Roger, Gordon White and Huckju Kwon eds. (1997). The East Asian Welfare Model: Welfare Orientalism and the State. London: Routledge. Ch. 1.

Discussion Questions:

1.          What kind of welfare system did Taiwan have under martial law?

2.          What has been the relationship between democracy and welfare system development in Taiwan?

3.          What was the impact of the change in ruling parties for welfare system development (and social movements)?  

4.          How can we categorize Taiwan’s current welfare system in comparison with global welfare practices?

5.          Has democracy undermined or promoted political corruption?