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Fiona Yap

Honorary Professor, Crawford School

Qualifications

BSc (Houston), MA (Rochester), PhD (Rochester)

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Research publications

  • 2021.“Local politics for democratic quality and depth: Lessons from South Korea” Forthcoming, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies

  • 2021.“Korea’s democratic consolidation: Thinking Nationally, Acting Locally” Forthcoming, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies (Impact Factor 0.957)

  • 2021.With Jaekwon Suh, Byung-Jae Lee, and Tae Wan Kim. “Local Government Performance and Democratic Consolidation: Explaining Ordinance Proposal in Busan Metropolitan Council”. Forthcoming Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies (Impact Factor 0.957)

  • 2021.“What’s Game-theory got to do with it? A Democratiztion Model for East and Southeast Asia” Forthcoming Asian Survey (Impact Factor 0.61, Australian Political Science Association APSA 2016 A-rank)

  • 2020.“A New Normal or Business as Usual? Lessons for COVID 19 from Financial Crises in East and Southeast Asia (on Social Protection)” European Journal of Development Research vol 32 (5): 1504-1534 (Impact Factor 1.93)

  • 2020.With Spencer Henson, Uma Kambhampati, Tewodaj Mogues, Wendy Olsen, Martin Prowse, Raul Ramos, John Rand, Rasjah Rasiah, Keetie Roelen, and Rebecca Tiessen. “The Development Impacts of COVID 19 at Home and Abroad: Politics and Implications of Government Action. European Journal of Development Research vol 32 (5): 1353-1378 (Impact Factor 1.93)

  • 2019.With Jaekwon Cha. “Challenging the East Asia Development Model: Evidence from South Korea.” European Journal of Development Research.

  • 2019.“How political trust matters in emergent democracies: evidence from East and Southeast Asia.” Journal of Public Policy vol 39 no 2: 295-328.

  • 2018.“Effects of Weak Performance on Political System Support in East and Southeast Asia.” Economic and Political Studies vol 6 no 1: 11-29

  • 2017.“When Do Citizens Pursue Costly Action Against Government Corruption? Evidence from Australia, Singapore, and the United States.” Journal of East Asian Studies

  • 2016.“How do South Koreans Respond to Government Corruption? Evidence from Experiments. Korea Observer vol 47 no 2: 363-386

  • 2016.“South Korea in 2015: Battling to Set the Stage for Elections” Asian Survey

  • 2015.““East is East, and West is West”? Reimagining Asian Exceptionalism and the Study of Democratization.” Government and Opposition

  • 2015.“Military Support of Citizens’ Challenge in the Asian Industrialized Countries.” With Hoang Long Chu, the Australian National University. Journal of East Asian Studies

  • 2015.“South Korea in 2014: A Tragedy Reveals the Country’s Weaknesses.” Asian Survey

  • 2015.”Strategic Party Choices in Emergent Democracies: Taiwan’s 2008 Legislative Election.” Representation

  • 2013.”Consolidating Democracy in Korea: Economy as Impetus, Corruption as Issue.” Korea Observer vol 44 no 4: 517-544 (lead article). Outstanding paper, the Kim Myong Whai Award, 2014

  • 2013.“When Do Citizens Demand Punishment of Corruption? Results from Experimental Surveys in Australia and the United States.” Australian Journal of Political Science vol 48 no 1: 57-70

  • 2013.‘Economic Performance and Democratic Support in Asia’s Emergent Democracies’, Comparative Political Studies, vol 46 no 4: 486-512

  • 2012.‘Strategic Model of Economic Performance and Democratization in South Korea and Taiwan’, British Journal of Political Science, vol 42 no 1: 213-239

  • 2011.‘Informal Accountability, Credible Actions, and Democratization in Taiwan’, Constitutional Political Economy, vol 22 no 2: 103-121 (lead article)

  • 2010.‘Strategic Government Spending in South Korea and Taiwan: Lessons for Emergent Democracies’, Social Science Quarterly, vol 91 no 3: 613-634

  • 2009.‘Government Spending and Party Fragmentation in South Korea and Taiwan’, Korea Observer, vol 40 no 4: 639-670

  • 2008.‘Pathologies or Progress? Evaluating the Effects of Divided Government and Party Volatility’, Japanese Journal of Political Science, vol 9 no 3: 261-268 (lead article). With Youngmi Kim

  • 2008.‘Executive-Legislature Divide and Party Volatility in Emergent Democracies: Lessons for Democratic Performance from Taiwan’, Japanese Journal of Political Science, vol 9 no 3: 261-268

  • 2006.‘Agenda Control, Intraparty Conflict, and Government Spending in Asia: Evidence from South Korea and Taiwan’, Journal of East Asian Studies, vol 6 no 1: 69-104

  • 2005.‘Bargaining in the Less-Democratic NICs: Model and Evidence from South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia’, Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol 17 no 3: 283-309 (lead article)

  • 2005.‘A New Social Contract of Accountability? Lessons from Citizens’ Response to the Asian Financial Crisis in Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia’, Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, vol 6 no 2: 129-147

  • 2004.‘Theory and Testing of Government’s Credible Apologies: A Reply to Lowry’s “What Explains Credible Apologies”’, British Journal of Political Science, vol 34 no 2: 371-375

  • 2003.‘Non-Electoral Responsiveness Mechanisms: Evidence from the Asian Less-Democratic Newly Industrialized Countries’, British Journal of Political Science, vol 33 no 3: 491-514

  • 2003.‘Government’s credible commitment in economic policy-making: Evidence from Singapore’, Policy Sciences, vol 36 no 3-4: 237-255

  • 1993.‘The Gender Factor in Soviet Mass Politics: Survey Evidence from Greater Moscow’, Political Research Quarterly, vol 46 no 1: 179-211. With Kent Tedin.

Books

  • 2015.Co-editor. The Power of the Chinese Dragon: Implications for African Development and Economic Growth. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Reader in Economics Series. With Spencer Hanson.

  • 2013.Co-editor, Annual Editions: Comparative Politics. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Publishers

  • 2012.Editor, Annual Editions: Comparative Politics. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Publishers

  • 2011.Editor, Annual Editions: Comparative Politics. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Publishers

  • 2010.Editor, Annual Editions: Comparative Politics. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Publishers

  • 2009.Editor, Annual Editions: Comparative Politics. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Publishers

  • 2005.Citizen Power, Politics, and the ‘Asian Miracle’: Reassessing the Dynamics. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers

AP course syllabi shows edited texts Annual Editions: Comparative Politics(2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009) are adopted as required reading or reference. The AP curricula is determined by the US College Board, a consortium of over 6000 schools, colleges, and universities, that develop and administer standardized tests and curricula.

Book Chapters

  • 2019.“The One-term President in South Korea.” In The Politics of Presidential Term Limits, ed. Robert Elgie and Alex Baturo. Oxford University Press

  • 2017.“Domestic Drivers of Proliferation.” In Nuclear Asia, ed. Wesley, Michael. Canberra: The Australian National University, College of Asia Pacific Paradigm Shift series

  • 2017.“Government’s Credible Accountability and Strategic Policy Capacity: Evidence from the Asian NICs of Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.” In Policy Capacity: State and Societal Perspectives, ed. Wu, Xun, M. Ramesh and Michael Howlett. London: Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy

  • 2017.“Economic Performance and Domestic Peace in East Asia.” In Debating the East Asian Peace, ed. Bjarnegård, Elin & Joakim Kreutz. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press

  • 2015.“Can Africa Manage the Power of the Chinese Dragon?” In The Power of the Chinese Dragon: Implications for African Development and Economic Growth, ed. With Spencer Hanson. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Reader in Economics Series.

  • 2001.“Malaysia into the 21st Century.” In Southeast Asia Handbook of Economic Development. Patrick Heenan and Monique Lamontagne, ed. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, p 56-66.

  • 2001.“Election Rules and Social Stability. ” In Choosing a President: The Electoral College and Beyond, ed. Paul Schumaker and Burdett Loomis. With Erik Herron and Ronald Francisco. New York: Chatham publishers, p 143-160.

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