John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh
Biographic Data
| ID | 125993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Fuh-Sheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Hsieh |
| SIGNATURE | HSIEH J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6583-1193 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 128 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Socialism in Heart, Capitalism in Mind: Class Cleavage in Taiwan's Party Politics
Whereas class (or the left-right issue) has often been seen as a major cleavage underpinning the party configuration in various societies, the case of Taiwan deviates from this pattern. Although between the two major political parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) is often seen as more pro-business than its archrival, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the KMT's ideology, the Three Principles of the People, does contain some elements of socialism. I…
Democratization in Confucian Societies
China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore share a cultural legacy and have all been doing well economically over the years—two of the factors which have often been associated with democratization. Yet, thus far, two (Taiwan and South Korea) are democratic while the other two (China and Singapore) are not. It is argued in this article that factors other than culture and economy have played a significant role in facilitating democracy in Taiwan and…
Butter or Guns: Taiwan’s Economic Policy Toward China
Tensions between China and Taiwan have been heightened significantly lately. This paper is aimed at investigating the cross-Strait relations from Taiwan’s perspective concerning, in particular, Taiwan’s economic policy toward China. Indeed, China has long been Taiwan’s largest trading partner; yet, political relationship between the two has fluctuated over time. On the one hand, China has been an attractive market for Taiwanese businesses, but on…
Democratic Governance in Taiwan
Continuity and Change in the US-China-Taiwan Relations
The relations between China and Taiwan (cross-Strait relations) have been a thorny issue for all parties concerned. These relations are one of the flashpoints in the world, which may trigger a serious military conflict. They involve not only China and Taiwan but also the United States. The purpose of this paper is to account for the trajectory of this triangular relationship with the help of opinion surveys in Taiwan. It is shown that when the Ku…
Cross-Strait Relations in the Aftermath of Taiwan’s 2016 Elections
Change and Continuity in Taiwan's Public Opinion on the Cross-Strait Economic Interactions
The Sunflower Student Movement was a significant event in Taiwan's political history. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, we argue that the effect of the movement on the attitude of the general public, particularly the young, toward the cross-Strait economic interactions and the perception that Taiwan may be forced to make political concessions resulting from such ties is limited. Based on the Taiwan National Security surveys, we find out that t…
Taiwan in 2014
Taiwan in 2014 was eventful. In the Sunflower Student Movement early in the year, students occupied Parliament for 23 days. In local elections in November, the ruling Kuomintang was dealt a crushing blow by the electorate. President Ma will face more difficulties in the remaining years of his term in office
Confucian Culture and Democracy
The debate over the compatibility of Confucian culture with democracy is an ongoing one. Yet, few books in the existing literature have dealt specifically with the relationship between Confucian culture (as opposed to Confucianism or general cultural factors) and democracy. Prior to the end of the Second World War, no Confucian society was democratic, so the debate could only be done in an abstract sense. Only after the war did Japan emerge as a …
Taiwan in 2013
The year 2013 in Taiwan was marked by a lackluster economy and stalemated politics. President Ma Ying-jeou’s approval rating hit an all-time low. Still, Taiwan’s relations with China were smooth, and Taiwan was able to make some gains in the international arena
The North Korean Nuclear Crisis: An Introduction
Ethnicity, National Identity, and Domestic Politics in Taiwan
Taiwan is a divided society; divided along the lines of ethnicity and national identity. During much of the 1980s and earlier, ethnicity played an important role for the opposition movement to mobilize popular support in fighting for democracy, but as Taiwan becomes democratic, national identity turns out to be more salient than ethnicity in shaping political competition on the island. As shown by survey data, national identity is indeed the domi…
National identity and Taiwan's Mainland China policy
Taiwan is a mildly divided society—divided essentially along the lines of national identity. Indeed, there is no doubt that national identity is the dominant factor affecting Taiwan's mainland China policy. Other factors such as business interests and security concerns may enter the picture from time to time, but they often get bogged down in the national identity controversies. As a matter of fact, there is high correlation between people's atti…
Democratizing China
Whether China will become democratic is an interesting question with significant practical implications. This paper draws on the experiences of other Confucian societies (mainly Taiwan and South Korea) to show that it will be very difficult for China to become democratic anytime soon. Basically, in a Confucian society, people live in collectivities with stringent hierarchical structures. Such a feature is not conducive to democratization. In the …
How Far Can Taiwan Go
This article explores the possibility of Taiwan's moving away from the status quo by either seeking reunification with the mainland or pursuing de jure independence, and particularly focuses on the latter scenario. Clearly, immediate reunification is not a viable option, but a declaration of independence may be. However, given the public attitude on the national identity issue, which underpins Taiwan's party structure, it is very difficult for th…
Factionalism in Chinese Communist Politics . Jing Huang
Counting Candidates: An Alternative to the Effective N
Counting the number of `real' candidates in elections is complicated by the frequent presence of individuals who win a small percentage of the vote and have no realistic chance of winning the election. Increasingly, researchers have solved this problem by using the Laakso—Taagepera `effective N', originally devised to count numbers of political parties (usually in the overall electorate). We argue that when counting candidates in individual distr…
East Asian Culture and Democratic Transition, with Special Reference to the Case of Taiwan1
The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors contributing to recent democratic transitions in East Asia with special reference to the case of Taiwan. The study of Taiwan's democratization process provides us with interesting theoretical implications. Despite its Confucian heritage, Taiwan decided to move toward democratization. Attitudinal change on the part of both the general public and the political élites was certainly an important fac…
Can Duverger's Law be extended to SNTV? The case of Taiwan's legislative Yuan elections
Retrospective and prospective voting in a one-party-dominant democracy: Taiwan's 1996 presidential election
Electoral politics in new democracies in the Asia‐pacific region
The following article examines the imparts of different electoral systems in four newly emerging democracies in South‐East Asia: Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand
Strategic voting in the 1994 Taipei City mayoral election
Issue Voting in the Republic of China on Taiwan's 1992 Legislative Yuan Election
In the past few years, the Republic of China on Taiwan has undergone a quiet transformation from an authoritarian to a democratic system. On 19 December 1992, forty-five years after the first legislative yuan election, voters went to the poll to elect the entire body of the second legislative yuan. The 1992 election marks a turning point in the ROC's electoral history. This paper examines the role that issues played in that election. The Kuominta…
Salient issues in Taiwan's electoral politics
Salient issues in Taiwan's electoral politics
Ethnicity, National Identity, and Domestic Politics in Taiwan
Taiwan is a divided society; divided along the lines of ethnicity and national identity. During much of the 1980s and earlier, ethnicity played an important role for the opposition movement to mobilize popular support in fighting for democracy, but as Taiwan becomes democratic, national identity turns out to be more salient than ethnicity in shaping political competition on the island. As shown by survey data, national identity is indeed the domi…
Issue Voting in the Republic of China on Taiwan's 1992 Legislative Yuan Election
In the past few years, the Republic of China on Taiwan has undergone a quiet transformation from an authoritarian to a democratic system. On 19 December 1992, forty-five years after the first legislative yuan election, voters went to the poll to elect the entire body of the second legislative yuan. The 1992 election marks a turning point in the ROC's electoral history. This paper examines the role that issues played in that election. The Kuominta…
Can Duverger's Law be extended to SNTV? The case of Taiwan's legislative Yuan elections
Strategic voting in the 1994 Taipei City mayoral election
Counting Candidates: An Alternative to the Effective N
Counting the number of `real' candidates in elections is complicated by the frequent presence of individuals who win a small percentage of the vote and have no realistic chance of winning the election. Increasingly, researchers have solved this problem by using the Laakso—Taagepera `effective N', originally devised to count numbers of political parties (usually in the overall electorate). We argue that when counting candidates in individual distr…
Retrospective and prospective voting in a one-party-dominant democracy: Taiwan's 1996 presidential election
Taiwan in 2014
Taiwan in 2014 was eventful. In the Sunflower Student Movement early in the year, students occupied Parliament for 23 days. In local elections in November, the ruling Kuomintang was dealt a crushing blow by the electorate. President Ma will face more difficulties in the remaining years of his term in office
National identity and Taiwan's Mainland China policy
Taiwan is a mildly divided society—divided essentially along the lines of national identity. Indeed, there is no doubt that national identity is the dominant factor affecting Taiwan's mainland China policy. Other factors such as business interests and security concerns may enter the picture from time to time, but they often get bogged down in the national identity controversies. As a matter of fact, there is high correlation between people's atti…
East Asian Culture and Democratic Transition, with Special Reference to the Case of Taiwan1
The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors contributing to recent democratic transitions in East Asia with special reference to the case of Taiwan. The study of Taiwan's democratization process provides us with interesting theoretical implications. Despite its Confucian heritage, Taiwan decided to move toward democratization. Attitudinal change on the part of both the general public and the political élites was certainly an important fac…
Continuity and Change in the US-China-Taiwan Relations
The relations between China and Taiwan (cross-Strait relations) have been a thorny issue for all parties concerned. These relations are one of the flashpoints in the world, which may trigger a serious military conflict. They involve not only China and Taiwan but also the United States. The purpose of this paper is to account for the trajectory of this triangular relationship with the help of opinion surveys in Taiwan. It is shown that when the Ku…
Change and Continuity in Taiwan's Public Opinion on the Cross-Strait Economic Interactions
The Sunflower Student Movement was a significant event in Taiwan's political history. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, we argue that the effect of the movement on the attitude of the general public, particularly the young, toward the cross-Strait economic interactions and the perception that Taiwan may be forced to make political concessions resulting from such ties is limited. Based on the Taiwan National Security surveys, we find out that t…
Electoral politics in new democracies in the Asia‐pacific region
The following article examines the imparts of different electoral systems in four newly emerging democracies in South‐East Asia: Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand
Democratization in Confucian Societies
China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore share a cultural legacy and have all been doing well economically over the years—two of the factors which have often been associated with democratization. Yet, thus far, two (Taiwan and South Korea) are democratic while the other two (China and Singapore) are not. It is argued in this article that factors other than culture and economy have played a significant role in facilitating democracy in Taiwan and…
Taiwan in 2013
The year 2013 in Taiwan was marked by a lackluster economy and stalemated politics. President Ma Ying-jeou’s approval rating hit an all-time low. Still, Taiwan’s relations with China were smooth, and Taiwan was able to make some gains in the international arena
Democratizing China
Whether China will become democratic is an interesting question with significant practical implications. This paper draws on the experiences of other Confucian societies (mainly Taiwan and South Korea) to show that it will be very difficult for China to become democratic anytime soon. Basically, in a Confucian society, people live in collectivities with stringent hierarchical structures. Such a feature is not conducive to democratization. In the …
Issue Voting in the Republic of China on Taiwan's 1992 Legislative Yuan Election
In the past few years, the Republic of China on Taiwan has undergone a quiet transformation from an authoritarian to a democratic system. On 19 December 1992, forty-five years after the first legislative yuan election, voters went to the poll to elect the entire body of the second legislative yuan. The 1992 election marks a turning point in the ROC's electoral history. This paper examines the role that issues played in that election. The Kuominta…
Salient issues in Taiwan's electoral politics
Electoral politics in new democracies in the Asia‐pacific region
The following article examines the imparts of different electoral systems in four newly emerging democracies in South‐East Asia: Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand
Strategic voting in the 1994 Taipei City mayoral election
Retrospective and prospective voting in a one-party-dominant democracy: Taiwan's 1996 presidential election
Can Duverger's Law be extended to SNTV? The case of Taiwan's legislative Yuan elections
East Asian Culture and Democratic Transition, with Special Reference to the Case of Taiwan1
The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors contributing to recent democratic transitions in East Asia with special reference to the case of Taiwan. The study of Taiwan's democratization process provides us with interesting theoretical implications. Despite its Confucian heritage, Taiwan decided to move toward democratization. Attitudinal change on the part of both the general public and the political élites was certainly an important fac…
How Far Can Taiwan Go
This article explores the possibility of Taiwan's moving away from the status quo by either seeking reunification with the mainland or pursuing de jure independence, and particularly focuses on the latter scenario. Clearly, immediate reunification is not a viable option, but a declaration of independence may be. However, given the public attitude on the national identity issue, which underpins Taiwan's party structure, it is very difficult for th…
Factionalism in Chinese Communist Politics . Jing Huang
Counting Candidates: An Alternative to the Effective N
Counting the number of `real' candidates in elections is complicated by the frequent presence of individuals who win a small percentage of the vote and have no realistic chance of winning the election. Increasingly, researchers have solved this problem by using the Laakso—Taagepera `effective N', originally devised to count numbers of political parties (usually in the overall electorate). We argue that when counting candidates in individual distr…
Democratizing China
Whether China will become democratic is an interesting question with significant practical implications. This paper draws on the experiences of other Confucian societies (mainly Taiwan and South Korea) to show that it will be very difficult for China to become democratic anytime soon. Basically, in a Confucian society, people live in collectivities with stringent hierarchical structures. Such a feature is not conducive to democratization. In the …
National identity and Taiwan's Mainland China policy
Taiwan is a mildly divided society—divided essentially along the lines of national identity. Indeed, there is no doubt that national identity is the dominant factor affecting Taiwan's mainland China policy. Other factors such as business interests and security concerns may enter the picture from time to time, but they often get bogged down in the national identity controversies. As a matter of fact, there is high correlation between people's atti…
Ethnicity, National Identity, and Domestic Politics in Taiwan
Taiwan is a divided society; divided along the lines of ethnicity and national identity. During much of the 1980s and earlier, ethnicity played an important role for the opposition movement to mobilize popular support in fighting for democracy, but as Taiwan becomes democratic, national identity turns out to be more salient than ethnicity in shaping political competition on the island. As shown by survey data, national identity is indeed the domi…
The North Korean Nuclear Crisis: An Introduction
Confucian Culture and Democracy
The debate over the compatibility of Confucian culture with democracy is an ongoing one. Yet, few books in the existing literature have dealt specifically with the relationship between Confucian culture (as opposed to Confucianism or general cultural factors) and democracy. Prior to the end of the Second World War, no Confucian society was democratic, so the debate could only be done in an abstract sense. Only after the war did Japan emerge as a …
Taiwan in 2013
The year 2013 in Taiwan was marked by a lackluster economy and stalemated politics. President Ma Ying-jeou’s approval rating hit an all-time low. Still, Taiwan’s relations with China were smooth, and Taiwan was able to make some gains in the international arena
Taiwan in 2014
Taiwan in 2014 was eventful. In the Sunflower Student Movement early in the year, students occupied Parliament for 23 days. In local elections in November, the ruling Kuomintang was dealt a crushing blow by the electorate. President Ma will face more difficulties in the remaining years of his term in office
Cross-Strait Relations in the Aftermath of Taiwan’s 2016 Elections
Change and Continuity in Taiwan's Public Opinion on the Cross-Strait Economic Interactions
The Sunflower Student Movement was a significant event in Taiwan's political history. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, we argue that the effect of the movement on the attitude of the general public, particularly the young, toward the cross-Strait economic interactions and the perception that Taiwan may be forced to make political concessions resulting from such ties is limited. Based on the Taiwan National Security surveys, we find out that t…
Continuity and Change in the US-China-Taiwan Relations
The relations between China and Taiwan (cross-Strait relations) have been a thorny issue for all parties concerned. These relations are one of the flashpoints in the world, which may trigger a serious military conflict. They involve not only China and Taiwan but also the United States. The purpose of this paper is to account for the trajectory of this triangular relationship with the help of opinion surveys in Taiwan. It is shown that when the Ku…
Butter or Guns: Taiwan’s Economic Policy Toward China
Tensions between China and Taiwan have been heightened significantly lately. This paper is aimed at investigating the cross-Strait relations from Taiwan’s perspective concerning, in particular, Taiwan’s economic policy toward China. Indeed, China has long been Taiwan’s largest trading partner; yet, political relationship between the two has fluctuated over time. On the one hand, China has been an attractive market for Taiwanese businesses, but on…
Democratic Governance in Taiwan
Socialism in Heart, Capitalism in Mind: Class Cleavage in Taiwan's Party Politics
Whereas class (or the left-right issue) has often been seen as a major cleavage underpinning the party configuration in various societies, the case of Taiwan deviates from this pattern. Although between the two major political parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) is often seen as more pro-business than its archrival, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the KMT's ideology, the Three Principles of the People, does contain some elements of socialism. I…
Democratization in Confucian Societies
China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore share a cultural legacy and have all been doing well economically over the years—two of the factors which have often been associated with democratization. Yet, thus far, two (Taiwan and South Korea) are democratic while the other two (China and Singapore) are not. It is argued in this article that factors other than culture and economy have played a significant role in facilitating democracy in Taiwan and…
Political science (23 works) · Politics (22 works) · Law (18 works) · Economics (17 works) · Political economy (17 works) · China (16 works) · Law (16 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (14 works) · Development economics (12 works) · Sociology (12 works)