The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong: Sharp Power and its Discontents

ISBN-13: 9780367334901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 246 str.

Andreas Fulda

Opis

The question at the heart of this book is to what extent have political activists in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise their respective polities. The book compares and contrasts the political development in the three regions from the early 1970s. 

Spis treści

Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Mainland China's incomplete modernisation, 3. Dissecting the dynamics of the struggle for democracy, 4. Theories of and for political change, 5. The calamity of Chinese Communist Party rule in mainland China, 6. The trials and tribulations of mainland China's democracy movement, 7. The rise and demise of the KMT party-state in Taiwan, 8. Taiwan's election-driven democratisation, 9. Origins of Hong Kong's semi-democratic status, 10. Hong Kong's democracy movement: a canary in the coal mine?, 11. Sharp Power and its discontents.