Taiwan: National Identity and Democratization: National Identity and Democratization

ISBN-13: 9781563243981 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 288 str.

Alan M. Wachman

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Nationalism and Identity; Chapter 2 Democracy and Democratization; Chapter 3 Conflicting Identities On Taiwan; Chapter 4 The Origins of Taiwanese Identity; Chapter 5 Opposition and the Course of Reform; Chapter 6 The Rhetoric and Symbolism of Politics; Chapter 7 The Politics of Elections; Chapter 8 The Impetus for and Impediments to Democratization; Conclusion;

O autorze

Alan M. Wachman is the American Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies on the campus of Nanjing University in China. He received both an A.B. in East Asian art history and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University and a master’s degree in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. His research about Taiwan was informed by three years of work and study in Taichung and Taipei.