The Taiwan Political Miracle: Essays on Political Development, Elections and Foreign Relations - Couverture rigide

Copper, John Franklin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 076180112X ISBN 13 : 9780761801122

Editeur : University Press of America, 1997

Synopsis

Much has been written about the 'Taiwan miracle'―referring to the extremely successful, widely praised and often emulated economic development of the Republic of China. Less has been written about Taiwan's political development, which in the past dozen or so years has been even more dramatic in many ways. In just three to four decades, the Republic of China's polity has been transformed from an authoritarian, closed system to a democracy. It did this without a contributing colonial experience and while living under the threat of invasion. This book assesses Taiwan's political modernization during a period when political change in Taiwan was remarkable both for its pace and for its impact on Taiwan's polity. During this time Taiwan became a paradigm for success in political modernization. Internal political reform was the most salient part of the modernization process. Elections likewise played an essential role. Finally, an effective foreign policy facilitated the process and vice versa. Students of the process of political development can and should learn much from Taiwan's experiences.

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À propos de l'auteur

John F. Copper is Stanley J. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of America
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 076180112X
• ISBN 13: 9780761801122
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 612
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