Taiwan in Perspective
Edited by Wei-chin Lee, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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Biographical note
Wei-chin Lee, Ph.D. (1986), Oregon, is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he teaches international relations and Chinese politics. In addition to a book on Taiwan, his publications have appeared in various journals including Asian Affairs, Asian Perspective, World Affairs and Studies in Comparative Communism.
Readership
All those interested in Asian studies, sociology, political science and history.
Reviews
'Anyone even remotely interested in the Taiwan experience will have to take this book and its conclusions in consideration.'
Dennis Hickey.
Dennis Hickey.
Table of contents
Introduction, Wei Chin Lee
Democracy as Hegemony, Globalization as Indigenization, or the “Culture” in Taiwanese National Politics, Allen Chun
East Asian Culture and Democratic Transition, With Special Reference to the Case of Taiwan, John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh
The Role of Political Imprisonment in Developing and Enhancing Political Leadership: A Comparative Study of South Africa’s and Taiwan’s Democratization, Fran Buntman and Tong-yi Huang
What if We Don’t Party? Political Partisanship in Taiwan and korea in the 1990s, Alexander C. Tan, Karl Ho, Kyung-tue Kang and Tsung-chi Yu
Taiwan’s Distorted Democracy in Comparative Perspective, Cheng-tian Kuo
Politics of Foreign Labor Policy in Taiwan, Chien-yi Lu
The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Relations with Malaysia: Opportunities and Challenges, Samuel C. Y. Ku
“One China, One Taiwan”: An Analysis of the Democratic Progressive Party’s China Policy, T.Y. Wang
Taiwan: Parent, Province, or Blackballed State?, Alan M. Wachman
Contributors
Epilogue
Index
Democracy as Hegemony, Globalization as Indigenization, or the “Culture” in Taiwanese National Politics, Allen Chun
East Asian Culture and Democratic Transition, With Special Reference to the Case of Taiwan, John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh
The Role of Political Imprisonment in Developing and Enhancing Political Leadership: A Comparative Study of South Africa’s and Taiwan’s Democratization, Fran Buntman and Tong-yi Huang
What if We Don’t Party? Political Partisanship in Taiwan and korea in the 1990s, Alexander C. Tan, Karl Ho, Kyung-tue Kang and Tsung-chi Yu
Taiwan’s Distorted Democracy in Comparative Perspective, Cheng-tian Kuo
Politics of Foreign Labor Policy in Taiwan, Chien-yi Lu
The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Relations with Malaysia: Opportunities and Challenges, Samuel C. Y. Ku
“One China, One Taiwan”: An Analysis of the Democratic Progressive Party’s China Policy, T.Y. Wang
Taiwan: Parent, Province, or Blackballed State?, Alan M. Wachman
Contributors
Epilogue
Index
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