Department of Political Science
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Phone: (803) 777-5322
Fax: (803) 777-0568
E-Mail: Hsieh@sc.edu

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Rochester, February 1982;

M.A. in Political Science, University of Rochester, May 1979;

B.A. in Political Science, National Taiwan University, June 1974

Professor, Department of Government and International Studies,
University of South Carolina;

Director, Center for Asian Studies, University of South Carolina

Rational Choice Theory, Constitutional Choice, Electoral Systems, Electoral
Behavior, Political Parties, Democratization, Foreign Policy, and East Asian Politics

National Chengchi University’s Excellence in Research Award, 1998;

R.O.C. Ministry of Education’s National Excellent Teacher Award for the Academic Year 1993-94;

R.O.C. National Science Council’s Annual Research Award (almost every year as teaching at National Chengchi University except for a few years while on leave)

How Asia Votes. With David Newman, editors (Chatham, N.J.: Chatham House, forthcoming).

The Scope and Methods of Political Science [in Chinese]. With Shing-yuan Sheng, editors (Taipei, Taiwan: Wunan, 2000).

A Comparative Study of Referendums [in Chinese]. With Tai-lin Chang (Taipei, Taiwan: The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, Executive Yuan, 1997).

Party-List Proportional Representation [in Chinese] (Taipei, Taiwan: Li-lun Yu Cheng-tse Cha-chih-she, 1992).

Popular Will, Checks and Balances, and Efficiency: On the Values of Democracy [in Chinese] (Taipei, Taiwan: Tunhuang, 1990).

On the Participation of the Interest Groups in the Political Process [in Chinese].

With Chih-hung Chu (Taipei, Taiwan: The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, Executive Yuan, 1989).

On the Values of Democracy [in Chinese] (Taipei, Taiwan: Shihying, 1988).

"East Asian Culture and Democratic Transition: With Special Reference to the Case of Taiwan," Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1 (2000), pp. 29-42.

"Can Duverger’s Law Be Extended to SNTV? The Case of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan Elections," with Richard G. Niemi, Electoral Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1 (March 1999), pp. 101-16.

"Retrospective and Prospective Voting in a One-Party-Dominant Democracy: Taiwan's 1996 Presidential Election," with Dean Lacy and Emerson M.S. Niou, Public Choice, Vol. 97, No. 3 (December 1998), pp. 383-99. Also included in Melvin J. Hinich and Michael C. Munger (eds.), Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer, 1998), pp. 165-81.

"Comparing the Making of the ROC’s Mainland Policy and the PRC’s Taiwan Policy," Issues & Studies, Vol. 34, No. 9 (September 1998), pp. 74-94.

"Electoral Politics in New Democracies in the Asia-Pacific Region," Representation, Vol. 34, Nos. 3 & 4 (Autumn/Winter 1997), pp. 157-65.

"Approaches to the Study of Political Institutions [in Chinese]," Issues & Studies (Chinese Edition), Vol. 36, No. 9 (September 1997), pp. 27-36.

"Strategic Voting in the 1994 Taipei City Mayoral Election," with Emerson M.S. Niou and Philip Paolina, Electoral Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2 (June 1997), pp. 153-63.

"Taiwan's March 1996 Elections," with Emerson M.S. Niou, Electoral Studies, Vol. 15, No. 4 (November 1996), pp. 545-50.

"Referendums: The Embodiment of Popular Sovereignty or the Populist Abuses? [in Chinese]," Issues & Studies (Chinese Edition), Vol. 35, No. 7 (July 1996), pp. 38- 46.

"Economic Voting in the 1994 Taiwan Elections," with Dean P. Lacy and Emerson, M.S. Niou, American Asian Review, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Summer 1996), pp. 51-70.

"Salient Issues in Taiwan's Electoral Politics," with Emerson M.S. Niou, Electoral Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2 (May 1996), pp. 219-35.

"Issue Voting in the Republic of China on Taiwan's 1992 Legislative Yuan Election," with Emerson M.S. Niou, International Political Science Review, Vol. 17, No. 1 (January 1996), pp. 13-27.

"Cabinet Formation and Constitutional Practices [in Chinese]," Issues & Studies (Chinese Edition), Vol. 34, No. 12 (December 1995), pp. 1-10.

"No Party Obtains a Majority of Parliamentary Seats? Party Politics after the Gubernatorial and Mayoral Election in Taiwan [in Chinese]," Asian Studies (Hong Kong), No. 14 (June 1995), pp. 30-48.

"Issue Voting in the Gubernatorial and Mayoral Elections of 1994: From a Rational Choice Perspective [in Chinese]," with Emerson M.S. Niou and Hui-ping Lin, Journal of Electoral Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (May 1995), pp. 77-92.

"Constitutional Form of Government, Electoral System, and Party Politics [in Chinese]," Theory and Policy, Vol. 8, No. 2 (February 1994), pp. 5-13.

"Parliamentarism Vs. Presidentialism: Constitutional Choice in the Republic of China on Taiwan," Chinese Political Science Review, No. 21 (December 1993), pp. 173-202.

"Electoral Systems and Political Practices [in Chinese]," Theory and Policy, Vol. 7, No. 1 (November 1992), pp. 27-34.

"The Prospect of Party Politics in the Republic of China on Taiwan [in Chinese]," Journal of Sunology: A Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 1989), pp. 30-9.

"Electoral Systems and the Number of Political Parties [in Chinese]," The National Chengchi University Journal, Vol. 54 (December 1986), pp. 151-63.

"Democracy and Public Opinion [in Chinese]," Public Opinion Monthly, No. 116 (October 1986), pp. 5-16. Also included in The Proceedings of the Seminar on Voting Behavior and Electoral Culture (Taipei, Taiwan: The Chinese Association of Political Science, 1986), pp. 41-63.

"CCP's Rectification Campaign: How Far Can It Go?" Issues and Studies, Vol. 21, No. 11 (November 1985), pp. 37-52.

"Stable Democracy in a Plural Society: The Case of Malaysia [in Chinese]," The Annals of the Chinese Association of Political Science, No. 11 (December 1983), pp. 199-224.

"The Elites Vs. the Masses: A Critique of the Consociational Democracy Theme [in Chinese]," The Annals of the Chinese Association of Political Science, No. 10 (December 1982), pp. 61-84.

Review of Zehra F. Arat's Democracy and Human Rights in Developing Countries, Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 53, No. 4 (November 1994), pp. 1205-6.

Review of James Reardon-Anderson's Pollution, Politics, and Foreign Investment in Taiwan: The Lukang Rebellion, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 29, Nos. 3-4 (July-October 1994), pp. 275-6.

"Manipulating the Electoral System under the SNTV: The Case of the Republic of China on Taiwan," in Bernard Grofman, Sung-chull Lee, Edwin Winckler, and Brian Woodall (eds.), Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan under the Single Non- Transferable Vote: The Comparative Study of an Embedded Institution (Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, 1999), pp. 65-84.

"Chinese with an American Education and Taiwan’s Political Development [in Chinese]," in Li Yu-ning, History of Chinese with an American Education: 150 Years of Learning and Achievements (New York: Outer Sky Press, 1999), 291-307.

"The SNTV System and Its Political Implications," in Hung-mao Tien (ed.), Taiwan's Electoral Politics and Democratic Transition: Riding the Third Wave (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1996), pp. 193-212.

"Democracy and Democratization in the East Asian Area [in Chinese]," in Yeh Kuo-hsing (ed.), Cultural Fusion and Regional Development (Taipei, Taiwan: The Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, 1995), pp. 25-39.

"Democracy through Stability: The Taiwan Experience [in Chinese]," in Hua Li-chin and Lei Fei-lung (eds.), Forty Years across the Taiwan Strait, Vol. 1 (Taipei, Taiwan: Li-lun Yu Cheng-tse Cha-chih-she, 1994), pp. 1-46.

"Chiefs, Staffers, Indians, and Others: How Was Taiwan's Mainland China Policy Made?" in Tun-jen Cheng, Chi Huang, and Samuel S.G. Wu (eds.), Inherited Rivalry: Conflicts Across the Taiwan Strait (Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 1994), pp. 137-52.

"On the Reform of the Electoral Methods for Electing the Members of the National Assembly and the Legislative Yuan [in Chinese]," in Hua Li-chin (ed.), Evaluating the Second National Assembly Election (Taipei, Taiwan: Li-lun Yu Cheng-tse Chachih-she, 1992), pp. 43-52.

"Thoughts on the Methods to Elect the President and the Issue of the National Assembly [in Chinese]," in Ching Chih-jen, Fa Chih-pin, and Chang Chih-an (eds.), A Preface to Constitutional Reform: On the Five Major Issues in the Revision of the Constitution (Taipei, Taiwan: The College of Law, National Chengchi University, 1991), pp. 30-42.

"On the Impact of the Current and Proposed Electoral Systems for Parliamentary Elections on the Future Party Politics in the Republic of China [in Chinese]," in The Proceedings of the Conference on Party Politics and Constitutional Democracy (Taipei, Taiwan: The Democracy Foundation, 1991), pp. 245-64.

"Economic and Political Development in the Republic of China," with Chung-lih Wu, in David M. Lampton and Catherine H. Keyser (eds.), China's Global Presence: Economics, Politics, and Security (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1988), pp. 35-56.

"Taipei Vs. Peking: An Evaluation of Their Relationships with Washington," in Yu Sang Wang (ed.), The China Question: Essays on Current Relations Between Mainland China and Taiwan (New York: Praeger, 1985), pp. 72-91.

"How Did They Decide to Go to War? Calculations and Miscalculations in the PRC's War on Vietnam and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan," in King-yuh Chang (ed.), Perspectives on Development in Mainland China (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1985), pp. 335-50.

"The Formation of Political Coalitions in Communist China since 1949," in Yu-ming Shaw (ed.), Power and Policy in the PRC (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1985), pp. 231-43.

(Some of the papers listed here were later published in journals or books.)

"Whither the Kuomintang?" paper presented at the International Conference on President Lee Teng-hui’s Legacy: Formation and Implications, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2000.

"Political Cleavages and Democratization in Taiwan," paper presented at the Conference on Taiwan Issues, Charleston, South Carolina, April 2000.

"Retrospect and Prospect of the Rational Choice Theory [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Association of Political Science (Taipei), Taipei, Taiwan, January 2000.

"One Country or Two States: The Development of Taiwan’s Mainland China Policy," paper presented at the Conference on East Asian Security, Charleston, South Carolina, November 1999.

"Local Elections and Democratization in Taiwan," with Ching-hsin Yu, paper presented at the Conference on Elections in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China: Does Limited Democracy Lead to Democracy?, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, March 1999.

"Taiwan’s Domestic Politics and Its Mainland China Policy," paper presented at the Conference on War and Peace in the Taiwan Strait, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, February 1999.

"Institutional Design for the Republic of China on Taiwan," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 1998.

"The Design of Democratic Institutions: With Reference to the Case of the Republic of China on Taiwan," paper presented at the Institutional Choice Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan, August 1997.

"Democratic Transitions in East Asia," paper presented at the XVIIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, August 1997.

"Approaches to the Study of Political Institutions [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Conference on Research Methods in Political Science, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., May 1997.

"Continuity and Change of Party Politics in Taiwan," paper presented at the Conference on Local Self-Government in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, May 1997.

"Retrospective and Prospective Voting in a One-Party-Dominant Democracy: Taiwan's 1996 Presidential Election," with Dean Lacy and Emerson M.S. Niou, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 1996.

"Referendums: The Embodiment of Popular Sovereignty or the Populist Abuses? [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Conference on Democratization and Governmental Institutions, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., June 1996.

"Duverger's Law and the SNTV System: The Case of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Elections," paper presented at the Conference on Taiwan, A Decade of Democratization: Record, Prospects, and Implications, Washington, D.C., April 1996.

"The Reform  of the Electoral System for the Members of the Legislative Yuan [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Conference on the Reform of the Parliament, Taipei, Taiwan, January 1996.

"What Are the Differences among the Three Parties? An Analysis of Taiwan's Party Cleavages [in Chinese]," with Emerson M.S. Niou, paper presented at the Conference on the Post-World War II Political Development in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, October 1995.

"Cabinet Formation and Constitutional Practices [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Conference on Coalition Government, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., September 1995.

"Condorcet Winner, Strategic Voting, and Vote Choice: The Case of the 1994 Mayoral Election in the City of Taipei," with Emerson M.S. Niou and Philip Paolino, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August-September 1995.

"A Brief Introduction to Party Politics in Taiwan," paper presented at the Taiwan Update Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia, May 1995.

"Electoral Politics in New Democracies in the Asia-Pacific Area," paper presented at the Conference on Comparative Democratic Elections, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 1995.

"Democracy and Democratization in the East Asian Area [in Chinese and Japanese]," paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Asia Forum, Yokohama, Japan, October 1994.

"Issues in Taiwan’s Electoral Politics," with Emerson M. S. Niou, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1994.

"Parliamentarism Versus Presidentialism: The Politics of Constitutional Reform in the Republic of China on Taiwan," paper presented at the XVIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Berlin, Germany, August 1994.

"Ethnicity, National Identity, and Political Development in Taiwan," paper presented at the Conference on Democratization in Taiwan: Chinese Political Culture, Multiparty System, and Cross Straits Relations, Washington, D.C., April 1994.

"Constitutional Form of Government, Electoral System, and Party Politics [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Association of Political Science, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., December 1993.

"Politics of Ethnicity and National Identity: The Case of Taiwan," paper presented at the Ethnicity Workshop: Case Studies of High Conflict/Low Conflict Areas, The Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., June 1993.

"The Retrospect and Prospect o f the Constitutional Reform [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Conference of the Chinese-American Professionals Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., September 1992.

"Thoughts on the Methods to Elect the President and the Issue of the National Assembly [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Conference on the Revision of the Constitution, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., November 1991.

"The Political Consequences of the Single Nontransferable Vote: The Case of the Republic of China on Taiwan," paper presented at the XVth World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 1991.

"Parliamentarism Vs. Presidentialism: A Personal View," paper presented at the Conference on Democracy in Mainland China and Taiwan: Prospects for Unification, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, July 1991.

"On the Methods to Elect the President [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Conference on the Constitutional Reform of the Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan, December 1990.

"The Recognition Game: How Far Can the Republic of China Go?" paper presented at the International Conference on Game Theory and ROC Foreign Policy, Taipei, Taiwan, December 1990.

"The Changing Nature of Politics in the Republic of China on Taiwan: Toward a Two-party or Multiparty System?" paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, The Palmer House, Chicago, April 1990.

"Economic and Political Development in the Republic of China," with Chung-lih Wu, paper presented at the Conference on the Modernization of China, Singapore, March 1987.

"The PRC's Military Assistance to the Third World: An Evaluation," paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, The Palmer House, Chicago, October 1985.

"The Formation and Maintenance of a Grand Coalition: The Case of Malaysia [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Association of Southeast Asian Studies, Taipei, Taiwan, June 1985.

"Taipei Vs. Peking: An Evaluation of Their Relationships with Washington," paper presented at the 25th Anniversary Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1984.

"The Political Consequences of the Limited Vote System: The Case of the Republic of China on Taiwan," paper presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Political Science Association, Pattaya, Thailand, July 1984.

"How Did They Decide to Go to War? Calculations and Miscalculations in the PRC's War on Vietnam and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan," paper presented at the 12th Sino American Conference on Mainland China, Warrenton, Virginia, June 1983.

"The Elites Vs. the Masses: A Critique of the Consociational Democracy Theme [in Chinese]," paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Chinese Association of Political Science, December 1981.

"Evaluating Political Science Journals in Taiwan [in Chinese]," with Chi Huang and Yun-han Chu, report submitted to National Science Council, Taiwan, 1998.

"On the Feasibility of Opening up TV Channels for Campaigning [in Chinese]," with Chung-lih Wu, report submitted to Central Election Commission, Taiwan, 1990.