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 …

Proponents of the “China Model” suggest that autocracies, particularly in East Asia, reward
competence more than democracies. However, a competing literature argues that …

This paper reviews the emergence and development of Taiwan's ethnic relations studies by
emphasising its connections to democratisation. It divides Taiwan's ethnic relations studies …

The key question at the heart of this book is to what extent political activists in mainland
China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have made progress in their quest to liberalise and …

Taiwan experienced rapid socioeconomic and political changes in the 1960s and 1970s
and evolved from an authoritarian to a democratic political system beginning in the mid …

In the case of Taiwan, experts have debated whether passionate national loyalties
(Taiwanese or Chinese) facilitated or stymied democratization. This paper argues that …

Este artículo relaciona las prácticas y discursos de la Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo (AOD) de
República de China en Latinoamérica con la identidad nacional. Para ello, se parte del …

This study explores the integration attempt between Taiwan and China during the period
from 2008 to 2016, focusing on the perspective of Taiwan civil society, as both the initiation …

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 dissertation explores how national identity is constructed and contested in visual media
by analyzing the use of national symbols in the visual materials produced by the 2014 …