The Kuomintang And The Democratization Of Taiwan

Author : Steven J Hood
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038172618

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The Kuomintang And The Democratization Of Taiwan by Steven J Hood Pdf

Is the Nationalist party of China (Kuomintang, or KMT) the villain it is sometimes portrayed to be? Or is it the embodiment of the political and moral good that partisans have claimed it to be? The KMT has managed an incredible feat of economic modernization in Taiwan and has become a proponent of democracy, yet its reputation has been marred by brutal acts of repression and by ineptitude. Focusing on the role of KMT party elites in the democratization process. Steven Hood considers the KMT's evolution from a Leninist party-state to a fractious party in a competitive political system. Many contemporary studies suggest that democratization is the product of decisions, compromises, and accidents - the result of relatively short-term confrontations among elites in the opposition and softliners and hardliners within authoritarian regimes. Although these factors are important, the democratization of Taiwan has been a long-term process of elites wrestling within the confines of existing political institutions. Taiwan's case study reminds us that we need to revisit the prerequisites that must underline a true democracy - factors that are too often ignored or dismissed by scholars studying the democratization process.

Author : Bruce J. Dickson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0198292694

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Democratization in China and Taiwan by Bruce J. Dickson Pdf

Written by a respected scholar in the field, this book provides a thorough discussion of the process of democratization in China and Taiwan.

Author : Steve Tsang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349272792

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Democratisation in Taiwan by Steve Tsang Pdf

Democratization in Taiwan in the last decade raises the question whether a similar process can happen in China, and dispels the old conception that democratization is incompatible with the Chinese/Confucian tradition. This volume examines the nature of and the dynamics in the democratization of a Leninist style party-state in Taiwan and its implications for China - still governed under a Leninist system. It also assesses the process of democratic consolidation and the political, military and diplomatic reality which constrains democratization in Taiwan.

Author : Steve Yui-Sang Tsang
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0824815831

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In the Shadow of China by Steve Yui-Sang Tsang Pdf

Taiwan is still seen by many as an oriental military dictatorship, tainted by the imposition of a Kuomintang party-state which had lost the civil war in China to the Communists in 1949. And Taiwanese politics are often regarded as peripheral to the study of modern China. Yet exciting political developments have taken place since the mid-1980s; Taiwan has emerged from dictatorship to become, in the early 1990s, a state with an increasingly democratic orientation. When, in the late 1950s, the Kuomintang under Chiang Kai-shek settled down in Taiwan and accepted that it was unlikely to recover the Chinese mainland by force, it turned to "soft authoritarianism". But in 1986 Chiang Ching-kuo, then President, made the fateful decision to end the long-standing ban on an effective opposition. Taiwan still has some way to go, but in the general election of December 1991 it passed the point of no return to become a democracy of a kind recognisable in the West, thus challenging earlier assumptions that liberal democracy and Chinese culture are incompatible. It also raises the question whether the Kuomintang party-state's experience over four decades in accommodating socio-economic changes in Taiwan holds any lessons for the Communist party-state across the Straits. Taiwan's move to a prosperous, stable and increasingly democratic system under ethnic Chinese rule must present a challenge to the leadership on the Mainland and serve as a model for many people there. These important issues highlight the need for closer study of Taiwan, which needless to say is an important subject of study in its own right. This volume has been written to meet this need, and at the same time to disperse out-of-date conceptions still prevailing. It is an international collaborative effort by the world's leading specialists on various aspects of Taiwan's political development, from Taiwan itself and several other countries.

Author : John Franklin Copper
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0761829776

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Consolidating Taiwan's Democracy by John Franklin Copper Pdf

Consolidating Taiwan's Democracy assesses the argument that political change in Taiwan, in particular the recent elections that brought a change of ruling parties in both the executive branch of government and the legislative branch, proves that Taiwan's democratization has been "finalized" or consolidated. This insightful work explores both the positive and negative aspects of democracy's consolidation in Taiwan.

Author : Linda Chao,Ramon Hawley Myers,Ramon H. Myers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822025907718

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The First Chinese Democracy by Linda Chao,Ramon Hawley Myers,Ramon H. Myers Pdf

This work looks at the first Chinese democracy in Taiwan and Taiwan's political transformation from an authoritarian regime based on martial law to a democracy based on a constitution created in mainland China· Ìt follows the Kuomintang's reform and the four patterns of political development·

Author : Jaushieh Joseph Wu
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UCSD:31822019118421

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Taiwan's Democratization by Jaushieh Joseph Wu Pdf

Dr Wu's own empirical research and application of political theory to the island's novel and unfolding case advance our understanding of the evolutionary stages of democracy in relation to socioeconomic development.

Author : Shelley Rigger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134692972

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Politics in Taiwan by Shelley Rigger Pdf

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.

Author : J. Bruce Jacobs
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004225909

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Democratizing Taiwan by J. Bruce Jacobs Pdf

Taiwan—together with India, Japan and South Korea—is one of only four consolidated Asian democracies. Democratizing Taiwan provides the most comprehensive analysis of Taiwan's peaceful democratization including its past violent authoritarian experiences, leadership both within and outside government, popular protest and elections, and constitutional interpretation and amendments. Using extensive field research including the conduct of many interviews with government and party leaders, journalists, academics and a wide variety of citizens over many years as well as substantial research into documents, newspapers and academic research, Professor Jacobs provides many new insights into Taiwan's democratization. He also analyses areas in which Taiwan continues to face difficulties.

Author : Yangsun Chou,Andrew James Nathan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Democracy
ISBN : PSU:000013344276

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Democratizing Transition in Taiwan by Yangsun Chou,Andrew James Nathan Pdf

Author : Alan M. Wachman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315286952

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Taiwan: National Identity and Democratization by Alan M. Wachman Pdf

Taiwan has become a democracy despite the inability of its political elite to agree on the national identity of the state. This is a study of the history of democratisation in the light of the national identity problem, based on interviews with leading figures in the KMT and opposition parties.

Author : Muthiah Alagappa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315499116

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Taiwan's Presidential Politics by Muthiah Alagappa Pdf

The March 2000 presidential election was an important milestone in the democratic development of Taiwan, with the Kuomintang turned out of power after five decades of control and replaced by the Democratic Progressive Party. This book address the variety of effects that Taiwan's democratic development and the election will have on domestic policy in the region. Part one looks at trends and changes in Taiwan's politics and analyzes the outcome of the March 2000 election. The chapters in part two discuss the international implications of Taiwan's democratic evolution for a variety of issues, including political, economic and security relations on both sides of the Taiwan strait; Japan's foreign policy in the region; U.S. foreign policy in the region; and peace and security in Southeast Asia. The challenges and prospects for continued democratic consolidation and the implications and lessons for the PRC and Southeast Asia are also explored.

Author : John Franklin Copper
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780761853206

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Taiwan's Democracy on Trial by John Franklin Copper Pdf

In Taiwan's Democracy on Trial, Professor Copper assesses the process of democratization in Taiwan during the Chen Shui-bian Era (2000 to 2008) and after. He shows that in several respects, most important being press freedom, human rights, ethnic relations, political reform, constitutionalism, and clean governance, democratization regressed. Economic management was not good and relations with the United States were severely strained, which also hurt the Chen administration and explains why the Nationalist Party returned to power in 2008. The democratization process has improved since 2008.

Author : Chuiliang Qiu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : China
ISBN : UCSD:31822021488135

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Democratizing China and Taiwan by Chuiliang Qiu Pdf

Author : John Franklin Copper,George P. Chen
Publisher : Occasional Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Democratization
ISBN : UCSD:31822032101016

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Taiwan's Elections by John Franklin Copper,George P. Chen Pdf