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Jones, Mark P. Martin, Lanny Carroll, Royce A. Lewis, Steven W. Jang, Jinhyeok 2014-09-16T14:19:35Z 2014-09-16T14:19:35Z 2014-05 2014-04-22 May 2014 2014-09-16T14:19:36Z Jang, Jinhyeok. "Dimensions of Politics: How Institutions Shape East. Asian Legislatures." (2014) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/77178">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/77178</a>. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/77178 This dissertation project explores how institutions have shaped dimensional structure in East Asian legislatures, including Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan in the past two decades. The major issues dividing the left and right in East Asia are not about economic in nature, but rather structured by legislators' preferences vis-\`a-vis democratization and the relationship with Beijing in Hong Kong, the geo-security issue in South Korea, and the Taiwanese or Chinese identity issue in Taiwan. This dissertation provides either the first or some of the very first empirical evidence of the dimensional structure of the three East Asian politics. By drawing from the literature on political parties, electoral laws, and legislative agenda dynamics, my dissertation also explains how legislators facing different institutional incentives align differently either with or against the main political cleavage. application/pdf eng Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. Legislatures Representation East Asia Dimensions of Politics: How Institutions Shape East. Asian Legislatures Thesis Text Political Science Social Sciences Rice University Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy open.access