an introduction yun-han chu abs workshop hosted by kpi bangkok, january 15-16, 2010
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First systematic comparative survey of attitudes and values toward governance, democracy and reform, and citizen politics in Asia
Standardized survey instruments designed around a common research framework
Headquartered at Institute for Advanced Studies, National Taiwan University, and principally funded by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education
Supplementary funding support from World Bank, Henry Luce Foundation, and national funding agencies throughout East Asia
The survey network covers 13 East Asian countries and 5 South Asian countries. Together it gives voice to almost half of the world population,.
The regional partner of Global Barometer Surveys Web address: www.asianbarometer.org
A Comparative Survey of Democracy, Governance and Development
Established democracy Japan (n=1,418)
New democracies Taiwan (n=1,415) Philippines (n=1,200) South Korea (n=1,500) Thailand (n=1,546) Mongolia (n=1,144)
Partial democracy Hong Kong (n=811)
Non-democracy China (n=3,183)
Total n=12,218
Eight country-wide national sample surveys
Face-to-face interviews conducted by local research teams
About 150 items, about one hour to complete
Country teams in the First Wave
Leading Questions in the First Wave Survey
How consolidated are the new democracies in Asia? … compared to old democracy, partial democracy, and non-democracy Consolidation defined as attitudinal commitment to democracy and
rejection of authoritarian alternatives (Diamond)
What determines consolidation? Government performance? Culture? Socio-demographic characteristics
of the population? Performance-based legitimacy rather than values-based legitimacy
would be a sign of democratic fragility
With repeated surveys: what causes changes in democratic legitimacy over time? Changes in social structure (modernization) Changes in regime performance Acculturation to democratic institutions
Socio-demographic variables Social capital Psychological involvement in
politics Perceived citizen efficacy,
system responsiveness Media participation and
political knowledge Partisanship Policy priorities Participation in elections Electoral mobilization Other political participation
Meanings of democracy Evaluations of past, present,
and possible future regimes’ level of democracy
Regime performance evaluations
Perceived and observed corruption
Trust in institutions Traditional social values Democratic values Beliefs in procedural norms of
democracy
Questionnaire Batteries
How East Asians View Democracy
This rigorously designed study will surely become a classic in the field.
Foreign Affairs, April-May 2009
Second-Wave surveys in 18 Asian countries Add five South Asian countries (India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), coordinated through the Center for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi
Add five Southeast Asian countries: Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore
48% of world population, majority of developing world Diversity of cultures, religions, levels of development, as
well as institutional systems Mostly same questions, some new questions Report the views of ordinary citizens who are least heard in
policy circles and world opinion
Project Enlargement
Quality of Democratic Governance Rule of law Controlling corruption Vertical accountability Horizontal accountability Transparency Participation Freedom Equal rights Competiveness Responsiveness
Human Security Access to Public
Service Citizenship Diffuse Regime
Support Globalization
Newly Designed Batteries
Leading Questions in the Second Wave
What explain popular support for political regimes in Asia? Why level of support varies greatly among new democracies, partial
democracies and non-democracies Regime support defined as generalized trust and belief about the
superiority of the current system
What determines level of support? Government performance in terms of economic conditions,
responsiveness, human security and access to public service Quality of governance in terms of rule of law, accountability,
transparency, freedom and rights, controlling corruption, Culture in terms of liberal democratic values and traditional social values Citizen politics in terms of participation and interest in politics Socio-demographic characteristics of the population
Survey Schedules and Sample Sizes of Second Wave AB
Location Survey Schedule Valid Cases
Taiwan Jan 14-Feb 15 2006 1587
Hong Kong Sep-Dec 2007 849
Thailand Apr-Sep 2006 1546
Philippines Nov 25-Dec 5 2005 1200
China Oct 15 – Dec. 29 2008 4500
Mongolia May 25-Jun 9 2006 1211
Japan Feb 23-Mar 12 2007 1067
South Korea Sep 7-22 2006 1212
Indonesia Nov 15-29 2006 1598
Vietnam Nov 25-Dec 5 2005 1200
Singapore Jul 15-Dec 22 2006 1012
Malaysia Jul 14-Aug 15 2007 1218
Cambodia Apr 19-May 4 2008 1000
Asian Barometer releases its data after an embargo of 18 months
Downloadable from our website Questionnaires Data request form Working Papers Conference Papers
280 requests for data from all over the world On-line data retrieval: In collaboration with ASEP/JDS
based in Madrid。 http://www.jdsurvey.net/jds/jdsurvey.jsp
Dissemination
Regional Partner of Global Barometer Surveys
Afrobarometer (18 countries) Latinobarómetro (18 countries) Arab Barometer (7 countries) Eurasia Barometer (6 countries)
Global Collaboration
A member of Network of Democracy Research Institutes
World Bank European Union IDEA International International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED Asia Foundation Center for Democracy, Development and Rule of
Law, Stanford University Weatherhead East Asia Institute, Columbia
University UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
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