KSCB723 Elections and Campaigns in Taiwan’s Democracy for Mgr.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Jonathan Sullivan (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA ( N )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the important place of elections and campaigns in Taiwan’s democratization and their role in the functioning of Taiwanese democracy today. It is offered in advance of jointly convened Presidential and Legislative elections in January 2020. In addition to explaining the importance of elections to the democratization process, the course will introduce students to the way that campaigns are conducted, how parties organize and communicate, covering the strategies employed in past and present campaigns. Using primary documents, including campaign advertising and digital media communications, the course will introduce students to issues around research design, methods and data for studying election campaigning in Taiwan.
Syllabus
  • Day 1: Introduction to Taiwanese political development with a focus on electoral politics and political communications
  • Day 2: History of elections and campaigns in Taiwan and discussion of different methods used to study them
  • Day 3: Research design & practice, including identifying a research question, designing an empirical study, sampling, locating appropriate primary data, data management etc, with example applications to Taiwanese politics
  • Day 4: Overview of discourse analysis, content Analysis, computer-assisted text analysis with example studies of Taiwanese elections and campaigns, presidential discourse and media
  • Day 5: Introduction to electronic data used to study Taiwanese politics plus student-centred guided analysis using primary source data
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Assessment of the course will centre around an opportunity for students to design and implement their own guided mini-study of campaign materials.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Kurz proběhne v jednom týdnu (2x denně), 16. - 20. 12. 2019.
Teacher's information
The course will take place during the last week of the semester - December 16-20. Intensive course 2 times a day.

VALID CLASS SCHEDULE:

Mon: 10.00 B2.44; 12.00 B2.44

Tue: 10.00 B2.41; 18.00 B2.21

Wed: 10.00 B2.41; 16.00 B2.21

Thu: 12.00 B2.23; 14.00 B2.23

Fri: 10.00 B2.41; 12.00 B2.42

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