This book shows that Taiwan, unlike other countries, avoided serious economic disruption
and social conflict, and arrived at its goal of multi-party competition with little blood shed …

Comparative social policy has long neglected welfare development in Asia. Not much is
known about social welfare in the economically successful East Asian tigers (Hong Kong …

This work examines the structure and illegal activities of organized crime groups in Taiwan
and explores the infiltration of crime groups into the business and political arenas. It looks at …

One of the more dangerous contemporary threats to the quality of life is the collaboration of
the political establishment with the criminal underworld-the political-criminal nexus (PCN) …

This clear and timely book presents the first sustained and structured analysis of
globalization in the East Asian context, exploring the strategies used by East Asian countries …

The emerging patterns of the cross‐strait interaction present a perplexing duality, revealing
both the trends toward closer economic convergence and greater political divergence …

Résumé L'étude démontre comment la géographie des transports dans le détroit de Taïwan
influence les représentations spatiales de la région. Le contexte de l'étude offre un aperçu …

Adopting a critical political economy perspective this book sheds new light on the social and
political struggles that shaped the political dynamics of Taiwan-China relations and cross …

This article reevaluates the first phase of Taiwan's democratization process (1914-1986) by
exploring the similarities and differences between oppositional political organizations under …

Will the authorities on Taiwan and the Chinese mainland find a more stable way to relate to
each other in the future? This question may be asked as a matter of forecasting. It stirs …