Politics in Taiwan - Voting for Reform

This book shows that Taiwan, unlike other countries, avoided serious economic disruption and social conflict, and arrived at its goal of multi-party competition with little blood shed. Nonetheless, this survey reveals that for those who imagine democracy to be the panacea for every social, economic and political ill, Taiwan's continuing struggles against corruption, isolation and division offer a cautionary lesson.
This book is an ideal, one-stop resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of political science, particuarly those interested in the international politics of China, and the Asia-Pacific.

List of contents

Voting for democracy. Learning to vote: The origins of Taiwan's electoral system. Party-state Authoritarianism in the Pre-reform era. Politkical Reform under Chiang Ching-kuo.The Watershed elections of 1989. The Lee Teng-hui Years (1990-1996). Continuing Challenges to Taiwan's Democracy.

About the author

Rigger, Shelley

Summary

This book is an ideal, one-stop resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of political science, particuarly those interested in the international politics of China and the Asia-Pacific.

Product details

• Authors: Shelley Rigger, Rigger Shelley
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.1999
• EAN: 9780415172080
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17208-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 408 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Taiwan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Political structures: democracy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)