"So Close, but Yet So Far: Public Perceptions of ASEAN"
This edition of ASEAN Brief--which can be downloaded here--is the contribution of Bridget Welsh (Senior Associate Fellow of The Habibie Center/Senior Research Associate at the Center for East Asia Democratic Studies at the National Taiwan University and University Fellow at Charles Darwin University) and Kai-Ping Huang (post-doc at Center for East Asia Democratic Studies at the National Taiwan University).
2016 Asian Barometer Conference in Taipei on August 9-11.
2016 Asian Barometer Conference On New Challenges to Asian Democracies in the Age of Globalization, Internet Revolution and Democratic Recession
Professor Christopher Wlezien Visited ABS And Gave A Speech On July 14, 2016
Professor Christopher Wlezien is Professor of Department of Government, the University of Texas at Austin. He visited Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University and Asian Barometer Office on July 14, 2016. During the meeting, Dean of College of Social Science, Prof Kuo-Hsien Su, Chairperson of Department of Political Science, NTU, Post-doctoral researcher Dr Kai-ping Huang and Prof Wlezien discussed the possibility of collaboration between NTU and UT at Austin in the future.
Prof Tse-min Lin Visited ABS and gave a Speech on June 17, 2016.
Prof Tse-min Lin, an Associate Professor at the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, has taught or visited at State University of New York at Stony Brook, Duke University, Michigan State University, the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica, and Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University. His teaching and research interests cover methodology, formal theory, and American and comparative political behavior. He visited Center for East Asia Democratic Studies, National Taiwan University, on June 17 2016 and gave a speech.
Symposium on Cross-National Surveys: Asian Barometer and World Value Survey, April 12-April 15, 2016.
Annual meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Values Survey Association took place on April, 13, 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. In addition, there was a symposium on cross-national surveys held by Asian Barometer Survey on April 14, 2016.
Symposium on Cross-National Surveys: Asian Barometer and World Value Survey, April 12-April 15, 2016.
Annual meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Values Survey Association took place on April, 13, 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. In addition, there was a symposium on cross-national surveys held by Asian Barometer Survey on April 14, 2016.
Prof Minxin Pei Visited ABS center and Delivered a Speech
Prof Minxin Pei, Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow and Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, delivered a speech at College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University on April 14, 2016. The topic was “A Transition Foretold: Drivers and Scenarios of Democratic Transition in China by 2030”.
Professor Keping Yu, Peking University visited ABS Office on March 23, 2016.
Professor Keping Yu, School of Government of Peking University, Professor Xianglin Xu,School of Government of Peking University, and Associate Professor Kai Tian, School of Government of Peking University, visited ABS Office on March 23, 2016. Our Principal Director Professor Yun-han Chu introduced our survey to the guests.
Professor Keping Yu, Peking University visited ABS Office on March 23, 2016.
Professor Keping Yu, School of Government of Peking University, Professor Xianglin Xu,School of Government of Peking University, and Associate Professor Kai Tian, School of Government of Peking University, visited ABS Office on March 23, 2016. Our Principal Director Professor Yun-han Chu introduced our survey to the guests.
Regular Meeting at College of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University
On March 4, 2016 members of the Asian Barometer Survey introduced the project to a regular meeting of the faculty of the College of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University.
Internationally Renowned Political Scientists and NGO Representatives visited ABS Office
On January 15, 2016 a number of internationally renowned political scientists and NGO representatives visited the Asian Barometer Survey offices for a seminar on the upcoming presidential and legislative elections. Our Program Manager, Professor Min-hua Huang introduced our survey to the guests.
Internationally Renowned Political Scientists and NGO Representatives visited ABS Office
On January 15, 2016 a number of internationally renowned political scientists and NGO representatives visited the Asian Barometer Survey offices for a seminar on the upcoming presidential and legislative elections. The photo was Professor Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, FSI and Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Fourth Wave Asian Barometer Survey in Taiwan in 2014
Fourth Wave date for the Asian Barometer Survey Taiwan survey is released on December 21, 2015. We welcome applications for the survey data from interested individuals after the data release.
Do Asians Have a Positive View of China?
Since the Third Wave, the Asian Barometer Survey has asked respondents whether they feel that China has a positive impact on their own country and on the region. We find that despite sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea, a majority of citizens in most Southeast Asian countries (with the exception of Myanmar) view the influence of China favorably. However, among East Asian countries, citizens hold much less favorable views on the influence of China. In particular, only 23% of Japanese respondents viewed China's influence on their own country favorably, and only 19% of them viewed its influence on the regime favorably.
How Much do Asians Trust their Governments?
The Asian Barometer Survey measures trust in the main institutions of government. Citizens in the region's liberal democracies tend to be "skeptical democrats" with very low levels of trust in the institutions of government. In contrast, citizens in electoral democracies and authoritarian regimes show much higher levels of trust in government. Here we show trust in government officials across the 14 surveyed countries, with the lowest levels of trust found in the region's three liberal democracies (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan).
How do Asians Define Democracy?
The Asian Barometer Survey includes a series of questions asking respondents to choose a characteristic of democracy they consider "most essential" from four different choices. These characteristics correspond to social equality, good governance, norms and procedures, and liberty definitions of democracy. Our survey results find that Asian respondents are more likely to choose definitions of democracy corresponding to system outputs (social equality or good governance) rather than classic Western understandings of democracy (norms and procedures and liberty). This finding was consistent across different regime types.
Findings of the Malaysian Asian Barometer Wave IV survey
The Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS) at the National University of Malaysia held a seminar on findings of the Malaysian Asian Barometer Wave IV survey on December 3rd, 2015. The session concluded with questions and answers from the audience. The seminar helped increase the visibility of ABS research in Asia and will help build future cooperation between ABS and Malaysian scholars.
The Cultural Logic of Politics in Mainland China and Taiwan
Using multiple surveys conducted in mainland China and Taiwan, Shi shows how, in these two very different political systems, similar norms exert similar kinds of influence on political trust, understanding of democracy, forms of political participation, and tolerance for protest. The approach helps to explain the resilience of authoritarian politics in China and the dissatisfaction of many Taiwan residents with democratic institutions.
Varieties of Governance in China
In this book, Jie Lu argues that any governance institution can perform effectively as long as it can produce collective action and accountability, but the relative effectiveness of institutions is contingent upon the social environment in which they are embedded. In identifying the optimal social conditions for the effective performance of different governance institutions and theorizing the effects of social change on these institutions, Lu deepens understanding of how institutions, particularly in developing countries, change, and under what conditions institutional modernization or engineering may succeed or fail.
Thinking High above the Cloud
Yun-han Chu, principal director of the Asian Barometer Survey, has published a new book in Chinese “Thinking High above the Cloud.” In this book, Chu takes a “big history” perspective, offering his thoughts as an intellectual on major new developments in the Twenty First Century. Chu argues that the “world familiar to Western countries has already vanished.” Faced with this major watershed in human history, Chu offers profound insights and suggestions on how Taiwan should prepare itself.
Public Feedback Session on the 2015 Myanmar ABS Survey
The Center for East Asia Democratic Studies organized a series of events to present the findings of the Asian Barometer Myanmar Survey in Yangon, Myanmar between August 23 and 27. Since this was the first time than a nationwide academic survey has been successfully undertaken in Myanmar, there was a significant amount of media interest in the event.
Public Feedback Session on the 2015 Myanmar ABS Survey
The Center for East Asia Democratic Studies organized a series of events to present the findings of the Asian Barometer Myanmar Survey in Yangon, Myanmar between August 23 and 27. Since this was the first time than a nationwide academic survey has been successfully undertaken in Myanmar, there was a significant amount of media interest in the event. We also expect that the realization of this survey will enhance National Taiwan University’s international visibility and recognition.
What's New
2016-08-16Tianjian Shi's The Cultural Logic of Politics in Mainland China and Taiwan Reviewed
2016-06-29Congratulations to ABS Team on Receiving Prestigious Research Grant
2016-06-17Prof Tse-min Lin Visited ABS and gave a Speech on June 17, 2016.
2016-05-03Release of Myanmar’s 2015 Asian Barometer Survey Report.
Links
Wave 4th Survey
We are currently carrying out the Fourth Wave of the ABS, and expect to complete the survey in fourteen countries in East Asia by the end of 2016.
Survey Results
Research Findings from the Asian Barometer Survey.
Data Release
The data for the third wave of surveys in thirteen East Asian Countries and the fourth wave of survey in Taiwan are now available.
Online Analysis
Visitors can subscribe to the ASEP/JDS Data Bank and do interactive online analysis.
