02927nam 2200517 450 991046354770332120210511215452.0962-996-920-3962-996-963-7(CKB)2670000000560679(MiAaPQ)EBC5433583(OCoLC)867742102(MdBmJHUP)muse29609(Au-PeEL)EBL5433583(CaPaEBR)ebr11585372(EXLCZ)99267000000056067920180728d2013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDemocracy on trial social movements and cultural politics in postauthoritarian Taiwan /Ya-Chung ChuangHong Kong :The Chinese University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (292 pages) illustrations962-996-546-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. State and civil society -- Democracy's dawn : "quiet revolution" in a national crisis -- Democracy in action : the making of social movement webs -- Talking democracy : from normalized political processes to politicized everyday life -- Part II. Identity and ethnicity -- Reflexive democracy : Bentu and its discontent -- Democracy as dream : ethnicity and the politics of recognition -- Part III. Place and politics -- (en)gendering democracy : Shequ and urban neighborhood organizing -- Walking democracy : street life and local politics in a Taipei neighborhood -- Epilogue : democracy unbound -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.Writing "an ethnography of democracy," Ya-Chung Chuang masterfully describes and analyzes a multifaceted Taiwanese society. Contradicting mainstream research on political cultures, which relies heavily on survey data and statistical analysis, Ya-Chung Chuang produces an anthropologically inspired, contextually rich study using original source materials. He traces a genealogy of pivotal concepts, such as sovereignty, identity, and locality, at the heart of Taiwan's democratic discourse and relates the experience of democracy as "a way of life" from the viewpoints of a variety of subjects, including social movement participants, urban community members, and ethnic activists. His book explores the loaded meaning of democracy.DemocracyTaiwanSocial movementsTaiwanPolitics and cultureTaiwanElectronic books.DemocracySocial movementsPolitics and culture320.95124909048Chuang YaChung1057479MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463547703321Democracy on trial2492806UNINA