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Title:
Taiwan in dynamic transition : nation-building and democratization / edited by Ryan Dunch and Ashley Esarey.
Publisher:
University of Washington Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xviii, 235 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Democracy--Taiwan.
Democratization--Taiwan.
Taiwan--Politics and government--2000-
Democracy.
Democratization.
Politics and government.
Taiwan.
Since 2000
Other Authors:
Dunch, Ryan, 1962- editor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00107308
Esarey, Ashley, editor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013047583
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Taiwan's national experience in comparative perspective / Ryan Dunch -- Overview : democratization and nation-building in Taiwan / Ashley Esarey -- Nation-state formation at the interface : the case of Taiwan / Wu Rwei-ren -- Taiwan's constitution : incremental reform and prospects for future revisions / Yeh Jiunn-rong -- Neighborhood politics in Taipei : democracy at the most local level / Benjamin Read -- Island sunrise : the Sunflower Movement and Taiwan's democracy in transition / Ketty Chen -- Taiwan's death penalty : the local-global dynamic / Chia-wen Lee -- Scandal and reform : democracy and Taiwan's Defense Sector / Eric Setzekorn -- A matter of trust : understanding limited support for Taiwan's defense reform / Ja Ian Chong.
Summary:
"Taiwan's emergent nationhood poses a fundamental challenge to the global political order. Following a remarkable transition from authoritarian rule to robust democracy, this island society has become a prosperous but widely unrecognized nation-state for which no uncontested sovereign space exists. Increasingly vigorous assertions of Taiwanese identity expose the fragility of relationships between the United States and other great powers that assume Taiwan will eventually unite with China. Perhaps because of their precarious international position, Taiwanese have embraced cosmopolitan culture and democratic institutions more fully than most Asians. The 2014 Sunflower Movement, in which demonstrators occupied parliament to protest a free trade agreement with China, thrust Taiwan politics into the global media spotlight, as did the resounding victory of the once-illegal Democratic Progressive Party in 2016. Taiwan in Dynamic Transition provides an up-to-date treatment of contemporary Taiwan, highlighting Taiwan's emergent nationhood and its implications for world politics. The book provides a new interpretive framework and series of case studies that together construct a vivid picture of how contemporary Taiwanese think about their nationhood, with specific examples of nation-building and democratization in social practice. The Taiwan case has important implications for broader themes and preoccupations in contemporary thought, such as consideration of why transitions in the aftermath of the Arab Spring have sputtered or failed, while Taiwan has evolved into a stable and prosperous democratic society. Taiwan serves as a test case for nation- and state-building, the formation of national identity, and the emergence of democratic norms in real time"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0295746823
9780295746821
0295746807
9780295746807
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1114280688
LCCN:
2019023180
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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