Taiwan: Beyond the Economic Miracle: Beyond the Economic Miracle

ISBN-13: 9781563242151 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 428 str.

Denis F. Simon; Michael Y. Kau

Opis

This volume arises from a major conference on issues of importance to the future of Taiwan and the region. With contributions by scholars from Taiwan and the West, the book is divided into sections on: political reform and development on Taiwan, Taiwan's changing political economy, social and environmental issues on Taiwan, Taiwan external relations and the future of Taiwan-PRC relations. Among the many issues addressed within this framework are the evolution of democracy, local politics, Taiwan and the international division of labour, the labour movement, environmentalism, international commercial links and the role of the United States in Taiwan-PRC relations.

Spis treści

I: Political Reform and Development on Taiwan; 1: Taiwan's Evolution Toward Democracy: A Historical Perspective; 2: The Changing Nature of Taiwan's Politics; 3: Local Politics on Taiwan: Continuity and Change; 4: Classification, Power, and Markets: Waning of the Ethnic Division of Labor; II: Taiwan's Changing Political Economy; 5: Taiwan's Emerging Position in the International Division of Labor; 6: Taiwan's Emerging Technological Trajectory: Creating New Forms of Competitive Advantage; III: Social and Environmental Issues on Taiwan; 7: The Labor Movement in Taiwan: A Retrospective and Prospective Look; 8: Small Fortunes: Class and Society in Taiwan; 9: Environmentalism in Taiwan; 10: Taiwan's Rural Populace: Brought In or Left Out of the Economic Miracle?; IV: Taiwan's External Relations; 11: The ROC's New Foreign Policy Strategy; 12: The Political Economy of Taiwan's International Commercial Links; 13: Taiwan's Emerging Economic Relations with the PRC; V: The Future of Taiwan–PRC Relations; 14: Beijing-Taipei Interaction as a Two-Person Conflict (1949-88); 15: PRC Perceptions of Taiwan's Political Economy; 16: The Role of the United States in Taiwan-PRC Relations; 17: Beijing-Taipei Relations Approaching the Year 2000

O autorze

Michael Ying-Mao Kav, Denis Fred Simon