Taiwan : national identity and democratization
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Bibliographic Information
Taiwan : national identity and democratization
(Taiwan in the modern world)
M.E. Sharpe, c1994
- : pbk
Available at 30 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"An East gate book"
Bibliography: p. 281-286
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Taiwan has become a democracy despite the inability of its political elite to agree on the national identity of the state. This is a study of the history of democratisation in the light of the national identity problem, based on interviews with leading figures in the KMT and opposition parties.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Nationalism and Identity
- Chapter 2 Democracy and Democratization
- Chapter 3 Conflicting Identities On Taiwan
- Chapter 4 The Origins of Taiwanese Identity
- Chapter 5 Opposition and the Course of Reform
- Chapter 6 The Rhetoric and Symbolism of Politics
- Chapter 7 The Politics of Elections
- Chapter 8 The Impetus for and Impediments to Democratization
- Conclusion
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