Taiwan in Dynamic Transition (eBook)

Nation Building and Democratization

Ryan Dunch, Ashley Esarey (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
256 Seiten
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-74681-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Following a remarkable transition from authoritarian rule to robust democracy, Taiwan has grown into a prosperous but widely unrecognized nation-state for which no uncontested sovereign space exists. Increasingly vigorous assertions of Taiwanese identity expose the fragility of relationships between the United States and other great powers that assume Taiwan will eventually unite with China.Perhaps because of their precarious international position, the Taiwanese have embraced cosmopolitan culture and democratic institutions. The 2014 Sunflower Movement thrust Taiwans politics into the global media spotlight, as did the resounding electoral victory of the once-illegal Democratic Progressive Party in 2016.Taiwan in Dynamic Transition provides an up-to-date assessment of contemporary Taiwan, highlighting Taiwans emergent nationhood and its significance for world politics. Taiwans path has important implications for broader themes and preoccupations in contemporary thought, such as consideration of why political transitions in the aftermath of the Arab Spring have sputtered or failed while Taiwan has evolved into a stable and prosperous democratic society. Taiwan serves as a test case for nation and state building, the formation of national identity, and the emergence of democratic norms in real time.

Autor

lt;P>Ryan Dunch is professor of history at the University of Alberta. Ashley Esarey is assistant professor of political science at the University of Alberta. Thomas B. Gold is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. The other contributors are Ketty W. Chen, Ja Ian Chong, Chia-Wen Lee, Benjamin L. Read, Eric Setzekorn, Rwei-Ren Wu, and Jiunn-rong Yeh.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2020
• Vorwort: Thomas B. Gold
• Verlagsort: Seattle
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Schlagworte: Taiwan, democracy, Asian Studies, China, History, Politics, sovereignty, Sunflower Movement, Arab Spring
• ISBN-10: 0-295-74681-5 / 0295746815
• ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74681-4 / 9780295746814