Politics in Taiwan : voting for democracy / / Shelley Riggers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962275303321
• Autore: Riggers Shelley
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-69296-X; 1-134-69297-8; 0-585-45151-6; 1-280-31878-3; 0-203-44902-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 229 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 320.95124909045
• Soggetti: Democracy - Taiwan; Taiwan Politics and government 1945-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 1 Voting for democracy -- chapter 2 Learning to vote -- The origins of Taiwan's electoral system -- chapter 3 Party-state authoritarianism in the pre-reform era (1945-1972) -- chapter 4 Electoral mobilization in the pre-reform era (1945-1972) -- chapter 5 Political reform under Chiang Ching-kuo (1972-1988) -- chapter 6 The watershed elections of 1989 -- chapter 7 The Lee Teng-hui years (1990-1996) -- chapter 8 Continuing challenges to Taiwan's democracy.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Nonetheless, this survey reveals that for those who imagine democracy to be the panacea for every social, economic and political ill, Taiwan's continuing struggles against corruption, isolation and division offer a cautionary lesson. This book is an ideal, one-stop resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of political science, particuarly those interested in the international politics of China, and the Asia-Pacific.