LEADER 12024nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910970805603321 005 20251116181823.0 010 $a1-61668-059-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001042818 035 $a(EBL)3020616 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860859 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12448070 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860859 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10914966 035 $a(PQKB)11729470 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3020616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3020616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678021 035 $a(OCoLC)841171730 035 $a(BIP)23620412 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001042818 100 $a20080801d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTaiwan $eeconomic, political and social issues /$fLachlan N. Roberts and Cooper R. Lewis, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNova Science Publishers$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-60456-808-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- TAIWAN: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- TAIWAN: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTORAL POLITICS IN TAIWAN -- LIMITED PLURALIST AUTHORITARIAN PARTY SYSTEM (1945-1986) -- FROM LOCAL TO NATIONAL LEVEL -- PLURALIST PARTY SYSTEM WITH ONE DOMINANT PARTY (1986-2000) -- THE RISE AND DECAY OF MINOR PARTIES -- POLARIZED PLURALIST PARTY SYSTEM -- DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO A POLARIZED PLURALIST PARTY SYSTEM AND SOCIETY -- DEFINING POPULISM -- POPULISM IN TAIWAN -- THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, POPULISM, AND THE LIEN-SONG REBELLION -- ADOLF HITLER AND CHEN SHUI-BIAN: THE CLIMAX OF POPULIST RHETORIC -- THE AFTERMATH: THE LIEN-SONG REBELLION -- THE 2004 LEGISLATIVE YUAN ELECTION: SIGNS OF CHANGE -- Chapter 2 CAN THE DEVIATION BETWEEN OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL EXPLAIN BANK PERFORMANCE IN TAIWAN? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BANK BOARDS IN TAIWAN -- 3. SOURCES OF THE DATA -- 4. MORAL HAZARD INDICES AND BASIC STATISTICS -- 4.1. Controlling Shareholders -- 4.2. Cash-Flow Rights, Seat-Control Rights and Voting Rights -- 4.3. Basic Statistics of the Total Sample -- 5. MORAL HAZARD INDICES AND BANK PERFORMANCE -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: EXAMPLE OF HOW TO CALCULATE VOTING RIGHTS AND CASH-FLOW RIGHTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 PREDICTING BANK PERFORMANCE: A DISTRIBUTIONAL APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATION -- 3. COMMERCIAL BANKS IN TAIWAN -- 4. RESULTS -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 CORPORATE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND MARKET REACTION TO EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS IN TAIWAN -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW -- 3. DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- 3.1. Hypotheses -- 3.1.1. ESOP and Company Performance -- 3.1.2. ESOP Information Disclosure and Market Efficiency. 327 $a3.1.3. Regression Analysis of CAAR -- 3.2. Methodology -- 3.2.1. Event Study -- 3.2.2. Regression Model -- 4. EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- 4.1. Du Pont Identity Analyses -- Announcement Effect of ESOPs -- 4.2. Regression Analysis -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 TAIWAN, HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRADE -- 1. PRE-WTO CHINA -- 2. HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRADE: LINK OR DE-LINK? -- 3. ACCESSION TO WTO -- 4. CONCLUSION -- Chapter 6 COMPARING THE STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE PRIORITIES OF TAIWAN AND KOREA TFT-LCD INDUSTRY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- 3. TFT-LCD INDUSTRY STRUCTURE IN TAIWAN AND KOREA -- 3.1. Taiwan's TFT-LCD Industry Structure -- 3.2. Korea's TFT-LCD Industry Structure -- 4. VERTICAL INTEGRATION VERSUS VERTICAL DISINTEGRATION -- 5. COMPETITIVE PRIORITIES -- 5.1. Speed -- 5.2. Cost -- 5.3. Quality -- 5.4. Price -- 5.5. Flexibility -- 6. MEASURES FOR TAIWAN TFT-LCD FIRMS -- 1) Panel Manufacturers Invest in Upstream Key Components to Facilitate Firm-Internal Integration -- 2) Develop a "Virtual in-House" Mode of Operation -- 3) Develop Own Channels -- 7. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 TAIWAN -- TRADE SUMMARY -- IMPORT POLICIES -- Tariffs -- Agricultural and Fish Products -- Beef -- Rice -- Tobacco and Alcohol Products -- Wood Products -- Automobiles and Motorcycles -- STANDARDS, TESTING, LABELING AND CERTIFICATION -- Industrial and Home Appliance Products -- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures -- Alcoholic Beverage Products -- Agricultural Biotechnology Products -- Labeling of Biotechnology Food -- Medical Devices -- Pharmaceuticals -- GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) PROTECTION -- SERVICES BARRIERS -- Financial Services -- Telecommunications Services -- INVESTMENT BARRIERS -- ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES -- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. 327 $aChapter 8 A STUDY OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF INTERNATIONAL TOURIST HOTELS IN TAIWAN -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EMPIRICAL MODELS -- 2.1. Efficiency Evaluation Model -- 2.2. Regression Model -- Firm Size (FS) -- Service Concentration (H) -- Concentration in Guest Type (GC) -- Location (TAIPEI) -- Resort (Resort) -- Participating in International Hotel Chains (CHAIN) -- III. DATA DESCRIPTION AND EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- 3.1. Data Description -- 3.2. Empirical Results -- IV. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 SCHOOL REFORM: INITIATIVES & -- ISSUES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DIVERSIFIED SCHOOL SYSTEM AND MULTIPLE SCHEMES FOR ADMISSION -- The Diversified School System -- Multiple Schemes for Admission -- Innovative Instruction and Deregulated Curriculum -- Reducing Class Size -- Deregulating Curriculum Governance -- School-Based Decision-Making and Management -- Reconstruction of School Organization -- Extensive Involvement of Stakeholders -- New Measures of Principal Selection and Teachers Employment -- School-Based Staff Development -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 TAIWAN GANGS -- THE UNITED BAMBOO GANG -- I. Organizational Structure -- I.1. Internal Hierarchy and/or Division of Labor -- I.2. Ability of the Group to Recruit or Diversify Its Human Resources -- I.3. Rules and Conditions of Group Membership and Internal Codes of Conduct -- I.4. Primary Mechanisms for Internal Conflict Resolution with Regard to Territorial and Market Division and other Disputes -- II. Violence -- II.1. Willingness to Engage in Ruthless Violence -- II.2. Availability of Enforcers/Specialists in the Use of Violence -- II.3. Access to a Variety of Weapons -- III. Economic Resources -- III.1. Original Source of Capital Accumulation -- III.2. Subsequent Diversification of Activities. 327 $aIII.3. Degree of Dominance in Selected Illegal Markets -- III.4. Degree of Professional Know-How within the Group Itself -- IV. Political Resources -- IV.1. Corruption and/or Inflation of the Law Enforcement Process -- IV.2. Manipulation of Political Parties Participating in Local and/or National Government -- IV.3. Direct Representation in Parliament, Executive or Diplomatic Service -- IV.4. Alliance with Armed Opposition Groups -- V. Response of Law Enforcement Agencies to Organized Crime -- V.1. Re-Structuring of Law Enforcement Agencies and Operations because of Organized Crime -- V.2. Changed Law Enforcement Techniques -- V.3. Changes in Law because of Organized Crime -- VI. The External Environment -- VI.1. Present Level of Cultural Acceptance of the Group/Organization's Activities in the Social Environment in which They Operate -- VI.2. Presence of Social Movement Engaged in Awareness Raising Campaigns on Organized Crime -- VI.3. Role of the Press and other Mass Media in Sensitizing Citizens on the Dangers and Threats Posed by Organized Crime on the Society at Large -- HEAVENLY ALLIANCE -- I. Organizational Structure -- I.1. Internal Hierarchy and/or Division of Labor -- I.2. Ability of the Group to Recruit or Diversify its Human Resources -- I.3. Rules and Conditions of Group Membership and Internal Codes of Conduct -- I.4. Primary Mechanisms for Internal Conflict Resolution with Regard to Territorial and Market Division and other Disputes -- II. Violence -- II.1. Willingness to Engage in Ruthless Violence -- II.2. Availability of Enforcers/Specialists in the Use of Violence -- II.3. Access to a Variety of Weapons -- III. Economic Resources -- III.1. Original Source of Capital Accumulation -- III.2. Subsequent Diversification of Activities -- III.3. Degree of Dominance in Selected Illegal Markets. 327 $aIII.4. Degree of Professional Know-How within the Group Itself -- IV. Political Resources -- IV.1. Corruption and/or Inflation of the Law Enforcement Process -- IV.2. Manipulation of Political Parties Participating in Local and/or National Government -- IV.3. Direct Representation in Parliament, Executive or Diplomatic Service -- IV.4. Alliance with Armed Opposition Groups -- V. Response of Law Enforcement Agencies to Organized Crime -- VI. The External Environment -- FOUR SEAS GANG -- I. Organizational Structure -- I.1. Internal Hierarchy and/or Division of Labor -- I.2. Ability of the Group to Recruit or Diversify its Human Resources -- I.3. Rules and Conditions of Group Membership and Internal Codes of Conduct -- I.4. Primary Mechanisms for Internal Conflict Resolution with Regard to Territorial and Market Division and other Disputes -- II. Violence -- II.1. Willingness to Engage in Ruthless Violence -- II.2. Availability of Enforcers/Specialists in the Use of Violence -- II.3. Access to a Variety of Weapons -- III. Economic Resources -- III.1. Original Source of Capital Accumulation -- III.2. Subsequent Diversification of Activities -- III.3. Degree of Dominance in Selected Illegal Markets -- III.4. Degree of Professional Know-How Within the Group Itself -- III.5. Degree to Which Some Members of the Group Work Primarily in the Legitimate Economy -- IV. Political Resources -- IV.1. Corruption and/or Inflation of the Law Enforcement Process -- IV.2. Manipulation of Political Parties Participating in Local and/or National Government -- IV.3. Direct Representation in Parliament, Executive or Diplomatic Service -- IV.4. Alliance with Armed Opposition groups -- V. Response of Law Enforcement Agencies to Organized Crime -- VI. The External Environment. 327 $aChapter 11 ASSESSING THE PSYCHOMETRIC AND LANGUAGE EQUIVALENCY OF THE CHINESE VERSIONS OF THE INDEX OF NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND RETCHING AND THE PRENATAL SELF-EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE. 330 $aTaiwan's economic, political and societal issues have become major points of interest to countries all over the globe. There has been an ongoing debate on Taiwan independence within the mainstream of domestic politics on Taiwan; political liberalization and the increased representation of opposition parties in Taiwan's legislature have opened public debate on the island's national identity; a broad popular consensus has developed that the island currently enjoys sovereign independence and - whatever the ultimate outcome regarding reunification or independence - that Taiwan's people must have the deciding voice; public opinion polls consistently show a substantial majority of Taiwan people supports maintaining Taiwan's status quo for the foreseeable future; advocates of Taiwan independence oppose the stand that the island will eventually unify with mainland China.This book presents in-depth analysis of such issues such as foreign policy, political reform, and overall economic developments. 606 $aPolitical parties$zTaiwan 607 $aTaiwan$xEconomic policy 607 $aTaiwan$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPolitical parties 676 $a330.95124/9 701 $aRoberts$b Lachlan N$01872564 701 $aLewis$b Cooper R$01872565 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970805603321 996 $aTaiwan$94481769 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03984oam 2200793 a 450 001 9910967454803321 005 20161228113106.0 010 $a9781283658515 010 $a1283658518 010 $a9780472028580 010 $a0472028588 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.3245954 035 $a(CKB)3340000000001927 035 $a(OCoLC)813540629 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10612418 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000759475 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11432511 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759475 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10783173 035 $a(PQKB)10161918 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3415096 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18561 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.3245954 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3415096 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10612418 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL397101 035 $a(OCoLC)859673264 035 $a(BIP)46646280 035 $a(BIP)39364774 035 $a(EXLCZ)993340000000001927 100 $a20120416d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGermany's wild east $econstructing Poland as colonial space /$fKristin Kopp 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$dc2012. 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 225 1 $aSocial history, popular culture, and politics in Germany 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780472118441 311 08$a0472118447 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Germany's wild east -- Constructing German colonial space in the east : Gustav Freytag's Soll und Haben as colonial novel -- The black Pole and racialized space in German inner colonial literature -- A German Dracula : Fontane's Effi Briest and the anxiety of a reverse-diffusional Slavic flood -- Post-colonial mappings : cartographic representations of lost colonial space in the interwar period -- Architectural Doppelga?nger and post-colonial spatial claims in Fritz Lang's Nibelungen. 330 $aIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, representations of Poland and the Slavic East cast the region as a primitive, undeveloped, or empty space inhabited by a population destined to remain uncivilized without the aid of external intervention. 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