The Taiwan-china Connection : Democracy And Development Across The Taiwan Straits

ISBN-13: 9780813390062 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 171 str.

Tse-Kang Leng

Opis

Exploring the transitional role of the state in Taiwan's economic development, this book focuses especially on the impact of trade with mainland China. Tse-Kang Leng argues that the basic structure of political forces within Taiwan and its pattern of external economic relations have been transformed in the 1990s, with cross-Straits trade playing a key part. Although politically embarrassing to the government, this trade provides an economic opportunity that is irresistibly attractive to business interests.Thus, cross-Straits trade and investment have served as a fulcrum by which societal interests have moved an unwilling state. Going beyond the strong state paradigm, the author's analysis of current cross-Straits economic policies reveals a sharp contrast between Taiwan's authoritarian past and its current era of democratization. Weighing the crucial forces at work in Taiwandemocratization, state-society interaction, and economic interdependence with mainland ChinaLeng provides a thorough analysis of Taiwan's political and economic development in the 1990s and beyond."

Spis treści

Introduction -- Democratic Transition in Taiwan -- An Overview of Taiwan’s China Policy -- Institutional Conflicts and Power Struggles -- State-Business Relations and Taiwan’s Cross-Straits Economic Policy -- Governing Cross-Straits Economic Relations -- Conclusion

O autorze

Tse-Kang Leng is an associate research fellow and chief of the Cooperation and Exchange Section of the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University, Taipei.