Confucianism, democratization, and human rights in Taiwan / Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fetzer, Joel S.

Contributor:

Soper, J. Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confucianism--Taiwan.

Confucianism.

Democratization--Taiwan.

Democratization.

Human rights--Taiwan.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Evaluating the "Asian values" thesis in Taiwan, Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan, by Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper, concludes that while Confucian values were used to bolster authoritarianism under martial law and played little role in democratization, they are now being reinterpreted in a pro-democratic direction. Based on elite interviews, survey research, and content analysis of legislative debates and public school textbooks, this study makes a much-needed empirical contribution to t

Contents:

Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1 Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia; 2 Confucian Values and Elite Support for Liberal Democracy in Taiwan; 3 The Effect of Confucian Values on Public Support for Democratization and Human Rights in Taiwan; 4 The Treatment of Confucianism in Taiwanese Textbooks Before and After Democratization; 5 The Role of Confucianism in Taiwanese Legislative Debates over Democratization and Human Rights; 6 Toward a Liberal-Democratic Confucianism: Evidence from Taiwan

Glossary of Non-English TermsStatistical Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-94039-6

0-7391-7301-4

OCLC:

824521186