Governing Taiwan and Tibet : democratic approaches / Baogang He.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

He, Baogang, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--China.

Democracy.

Democracy--Taiwan.

Democracy--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

China--Politics and government.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

China is facing a national identity crisis. This is compounded by Tibet and Taiwan, where significant proportions of both populations do not identify with the Chinese nation-state. Could democracy realistically address the problems in China's national identity? Chinese nationalists argue it cannot; Chinese liberals remain unduly silenced. Baogang He opens up a dialogue in which Chinese liberals can offer viable alternatives in defence of key democratic principles and governance. He upholds the search for a political space in which democratic governance in China can feasibly be developed.

Contents:

Introduction

The idea of democratic governance

The real utopian approach

The empire thesis and its critics

Nationalism, democratisation and the Taiwan question

Referendum and the Taiwanese national identity

Sovereignty and the Taiwan question

Confucian and Marxist theoretical traditions of minority rights and beyond

Beyond socialist autonomy in Tibet

Beyond Chinese linguistic imperialism : multi-linguistic policy

A deliberative approach to the Tibet autonomy issue

The idea of deliberative referendum: synthesis and conclusion.

Part 1. Theoretical approaches

Part 2. On Taiwan

Part 3. On Tibet.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-1613-6

0-7486-9972-4