Taiwan's democratization: forces behind the new momentum

The political landscape of Taiwan has changed so dramatically in the past decade that full democracy, once a distant prospect for the one-party, authoritarian state, now appears probable. Here, Dr Jaushieh Joseph Wu provides the first systematic investigation of the forces the first systematic inves...

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1. Verfasser: Wu, Jaushieh Joseph (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hong Kong u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 1995
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Studies on contemporary Taiwan
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Zusammenfassung:The political landscape of Taiwan has changed so dramatically in the past decade that full democracy, once a distant prospect for the one-party, authoritarian state, now appears probable. Here, Dr Jaushieh Joseph Wu provides the first systematic investigation of the forces the first systematic investigation of the forces behind the transition and the factors that continue to shape the pace and direction of democracy in Taiwan
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
President Chiang Ching-kuo set political reform in motion in 1986 with his political liberalization programme, which ended the rule of martial law. This move and the decision to allow voice and legitimacy to the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which now wields significant power in the legislature, have led to the partial and peaceable dismantling of the Kuomintang monopoly that defined Taiwan's government and politics for more than 40 years
Beschreibung:XI, 232 S.
ISBN:0195864999

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