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This fully revised 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan provides a comprehensive overview of both contemporary Taiwan and the Taiwan studies field.
List of contents
1. Taiwan in Late Ming and Qing China 2. Taiwan Under Japanese Rule (1895-1945) 3. Retrocession and Authoritarian KMT Rule (1945-1987) 4. Taiwan's Transition to Democracy and Beyond (1986-2024) 5. Taiwan's Political Parties and Party Systems 6. Party Ideology 7. Elections 8. National Identity 9. Transitional Justice in Postwar Taiwan 10. Politics and the Media 11. The Developmental State and Taiwan: Origins and adaptation 12. Taiwan and Economic Globalization 13. Taiwan's Mainland Entrepreneurs (
Taishang) 14. Taiwan's New Southbound Policy 15. The Development and Portrayal of Civil Society Organizations in Taiwan (1988-2023) 16. Indigenous Movements and Multicultural Taiwan 17. Taiwan's labor movement 18. Anti-Nuclear Power Movement 19. Taiwan's LGBT+ movement 20. Housing policy and their discontents 21. Immigration: Regulation and Cultural Representation 22. Religion and Politics in Taiwan 23. Modern Taiwan Literature 24. Contemporary Taiwan Cinema 25. Musical Soundscapes in Contemporary Taiwan 26. Cross-strait Dialogue and Policies 27. Cross-Strait Economic Integration and Disintegration (1992-2023) 28. The China factor in Taiwan: social perceptions 29. Taiwan's Foreign Policy and International Space 30. Security Policy 31. Taiwan-U.S. Relations 32. Taiwan-Japan Relations? 33. Taiwan-Europe/EU Relations 34. Taiwan's Evolving Policies in Territorial Disputes of the East and South China Seas 35. Taiwan's public diplomacy since 2016
About the author
Gunter Schubert is Professor of Greater China Studies at the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He is also the founder and director of the European Research Centre on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT), a central unit of the same university.
Summary
This fully revised 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan provides a comprehensive overview of both contemporary Taiwan and the Taiwan studies field.
