Dr. Li Hui from Department of Politics in SIRPA gave a report on “The Quality of Democracy in East Asia: Measurement and Comparison” in room 615, Wenke Building, on the morning of September 28, 2012.

In his studies, seven countries or regions are chosen as objects of the democracy quality measurement, including Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand and Philippine. After introducing the main mechanisms, characteristics and limitations of current democracy measurement, Dr. Li Hui proposes his own measuring parameters, including quality of election decisions, political participation, responsibility, responsiveness, and civil-military relations. His measurement shows that Taiwan, Mongolia and Korea score higher while Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippine and Thailand score lower.