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This edited volume investigates and evaluates the context, causes, and consequences of various essential issues in Taiwanese domestic politics and external relations before and after the regime change in 2016. It offers theoretical interpretation and temporal delineation of recent electoral shifts, party realignment, identity reformulation, and subsequent foreign policy adaptation in the 2010s. Contributors address these issues in three sections-"Democracy and New Political Landscape," "The China Factor and Cross-Strait Dilemma," and "Taiwan's International Way-out"-to advance conclusions about Taiwan's political transformation from both comparative and international perspectives.
List of contents
1. The Turn of Fortune: Re-alignment in Taiwan's Domestic Politics and Diplomacy.- 2. The Quality of Democracy in Taiwan.- 3. Taiwan's General Elections of 2016.- 4. The Rise of New Power Party in Taiwan's 2016 Legislative Election: Reality and Challenges.- 5. Party's Issue Competence and Electoral Decisions in Taiwan's 2012 and 2016 Presidential Elections.- 6. A Comparative Study of the China Factor in Taiwan and Hong Kong Elections.- 7. Consensus Found and Consensus Lost: Taiwan's 2016 Election, the "1992 Consensus," and Cross-Strait Relations.- 8. The DPP Ascendancy and Cross-Strait Relations.- 9. American Policy toward Taiwan-China Relations in the 21st Century.- 10. Rethinking U.S. Security Commitment to Taiwan.- 11. Beyond Diplomacy: The Political Economy of Taiwan's Relations with Southeast Asia.- 12. The Japan-Taiwan Relations under the Tsai Ing-wen Administration.
About the author
Wei-chin Lee is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University, USA.
Summary
This edited volume investigates and evaluates the context, causes, and consequences of various essential issues in Taiwanese domestic politics and external relations before and after the regime change in 2016. It offers theoretical interpretation and temporal delineation of recent electoral shifts, party realignment, identity reformulation, and subsequent foreign policy adaptation in the 2010s. Contributors address these issues in three sections—“Democracy and New Political Landscape,” “The China Factor and Cross-Strait Dilemma,” and “Taiwan’s International Way-out”—to advance conclusions about Taiwan’s political transformation from both comparative and international perspectives.
