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Lessons of Defeat and Success: Taiwan’s 2012 Elections in Comparative Perspective (2014)
Journal Article
Fell, D., & Chen, C. I.-H. (2014). Lessons of Defeat and Success: Taiwan’s 2012 Elections in Comparative Perspective. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43(3), 13-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/186810261404300302

In early 2011, the Kuomintang (KMT, Guomindang) government appeared to be in danger of losing power in the upcoming presidential elections. The DPP had recovered sufficiently from its disastrous electoral performance in 2008 to pose a real challenge... Read More about Lessons of Defeat and Success: Taiwan’s 2012 Elections in Comparative Perspective.

Taiwan’s Party System in the Ma Ying-jeou era (2014)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2014). Taiwan’s Party System in the Ma Ying-jeou era. In J.-P. Cabestan, & J. deLisle (Eds.), Political Changes in Taiwan under Ma Ying-jeou (37-59). Routledge

Measuring and Explaining the Electoral Fortunes of Small Parties in Taiwan’s Party Politics (2014)
Journal Article
Fell, D. (2014). Measuring and Explaining the Electoral Fortunes of Small Parties in Taiwan’s Party Politics. Issues and studies - Institute of International Relations, 50(1), 153-188

Over the last two and a half decades the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party have dominated Taiwan’s party system. From
2008-2012 they were the only parties represented in the Legislative Yuan.
Nevertheless, there have been periods in which... Read More about Measuring and Explaining the Electoral Fortunes of Small Parties in Taiwan’s Party Politics.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Patterns of Party Switching in Multiparty Taiwan (2014)
Journal Article
Fell, D. (2014). Should I Stay or Should I Go? Patterns of Party Switching in Multiparty Taiwan. The Journal of East Asian Studies, 14(1), 31-52. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1598240800009577

Patterns of party switching in Taiwan have played an important role in the development and relative stability of its party system. In this study I aim to track key patterns of how politicians switched their partisan affiliation during the critical pe... Read More about Should I Stay or Should I Go? Patterns of Party Switching in Multiparty Taiwan.

Party Candidate Selection before and after the Change of Ruling Parties: A Study of the 2005 and 2009 Local Executive Elections in Taiwan (2013)
Journal Article
Fell, D., Sullivan, J., & Sapir, E. (2013). Party Candidate Selection before and after the Change of Ruling Parties: A Study of the 2005 and 2009 Local Executive Elections in Taiwan. Taiwan journal of democracy, 9(2), 55-77

This study examines how Taiwan’s parties conducted candidate selection in the 2005 and 2009 local executive elections and the consequences of these processes. It has adopted standard methods for measuring candidate selection and applied them to Taiwa... Read More about Party Candidate Selection before and after the Change of Ruling Parties: A Study of the 2005 and 2009 Local Executive Elections in Taiwan.

The Presbyterian Church of England’s Archives at the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alsford, N. (2013, July). The Presbyterian Church of England’s Archives at the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London. Paper presented at 台灣基督長老會150年史, jidu zhanglao ziaohui 150 nianshi [The 150 Year History of the Taiwan Presbyterian Church, Taiwan], The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan, Taipei