Politics in Taiwan : voting for democracy / Shelley Riggers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riggers, Shelley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Taiwan.

Democracy.

Taiwan--Politics and government--1945-.

Taiwan.

Physical Description:

ix, 229 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

chapter 1 Voting for democracy

chapter 2 Learning to vote

The origins of Taiwan's electoral system

chapter 3 Party-state authoritarianism in the pre-reform era (1945-1972)

chapter 4 Electoral mobilization in the pre-reform era (1945-1972)

chapter 5 Political reform under Chiang Ching-kuo (1972-1988)

chapter 6 The watershed elections of 1989

chapter 7 The Lee Teng-hui years (1990-1996)

chapter 8 Continuing challenges to Taiwan's democracy.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-69296-X

1-134-69297-8

0-585-45151-6

1-280-31878-3

0-203-44902-9

9780203449028

OCLC:

908077127