Written by an experienced teacher and scholar, this new and revised second edition of
Government and Politics in Taiwan introduces students to the big questions concerning change …

… by the Asia Foundation in Taiwan. The authors are grateful to those from the Kaohsiung and
Taipei municipal governments, the Taiwan Provincial Government, and the Legislative Yuan …

… in Taiwan’s evolution toward a more democratic political system. Indeed, it is impossible to
provide a complete explanation of political change in Taiwan … , social, political and economic. …

… Fell makes comparisons between Taiwanese … party politics in Taiwan brings the literature
right up to date, providing a valuable resource for scholars of Chinese and Taiwanese politics …

… Taiwan and its citizens in 1995 and 1996 and who refused to talk with Taiwan’s government
… The book’s disparate organization becomes telling in the consideration of electoral politics (…

… political system of Taiwan. We examine these paradoxes in the politics of Taiwan by focusing
on Taiwan's principal political party, the Chinese Nationalist Party, and on Taiwan's interest …

… The ideological problem relates to the legitimacy of the KMT government in Taiwan. After
the KMT retreated to Taiwan in 1949, it still claimed to be the only legitimate government in …

… Fell’s objective in the new edition is to delineate the transition of the government of Taiwan
… and party politics, political and civil rights, including the lgbt movement, and Taiwan’s vibrant …

… the political systems they study, the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) has become an
elusive moving target. In the past, Taiwan was characterized as a system of political stagnation …

… 2) that “one of the motivations of this volume is to introduce modern Taiwanese politics from
a comparative political science perspective and hopefully inspire readers to delve deeper …