Political Changes in Taiwan Under Ma Ying-Jeou - Partisan Conflict, Policy Choices, External Constraints Security

Informationen zum Autor Jean-Pierre Cabestan is Head and Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. Jacques deLisle is Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and also serves as the Director of the Center for East Asian Studies and Deputy Director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania, and Director, Asia Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute. . Zusammenfassung This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the return of the Kuomintang (KMT) to power in Taiwan after eight years of Democratic Progressive Party presidency. It offers a political analysis of the major political changes and developments during the first term of Ma Ying-jeou’s presidency between 2008 and 2012, and identifies the domestic, cross-Strait and foreign policy trends. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Political Developments 1. The Presidential and Legislative Election Dynamics: 2012 vs. 2008 2. Taiwan’s Party System in the Ma Ying-jeou Era 3. The Role of the President under Ma Ying-jeou 4. The Role of the Legislative Yuan under Ma Ying-jeou: The Case of China-Policy Legislations and Agreements Part II: Economy and Society 5. Taiwan’s Economy in the Shadow of ECFA 6. The Resurgence of Social Movements under the Ma Ying-jeou Government (2008-2012): A Political Opportunity Structure Perspective 7. Revisiting Identity Politics Under Ma Ying-jeou 8. The Impact of Cross-Strait Relations on Taiwanese Society Part III: The Relations Across the Taiwan Strait 9. Reappraisal of President Ma Ying-jeou’s Rapprochement Policy in the Taiwan Strait 10. Mainland China’s Peaceful Development Strategy On Cross Taiwan Straits Part IV: Security Issues 11. Taiwan’s Changing Security Environment 12.Taiwan’s National Defense Transformation and US-Taiwan Relations Part V: International Relations and Status 13. U.S.-Taiwan Relations in the First Ma Administration 14. Evolving Practical, not Strategic, Partnership: Japan-Taiwan Relations 2008-2012 15. Taiwan in the International Organizations 16. Taiwan and Soft Power: Competing with China and Seeking Security ...

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• Authors: Jean-Pierre Delisle Cabestan
• Assisted by: Jean-Pierre Cabestan (Editor), Cabestan Jean-Pierre (Editor), Jacques deLisle (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138629103
• ISBN: 978-1-138-62910-3
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Economics, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Warfare & defence, Political leaders & leadership, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence, Elections & referenda, Political leaders and leadership, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General