Democratization in Taiwan : Implications for China

by Tsang, Steve Yui-Sang; Tien, Hung-Mao; Tsang, Steve Yui-Sang

• ISBN13: 9780312216528
• ISBN10: 0312216521
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Democratization in Taiwan in the last decade raises the question of whether a similar process can happen in China, and dispels the old conception that democratization is incompatible with the Chinese/Confucian tradition. This volume examines the nature of and the dynamics in the democratization of a Leninist style party-state in Taiwan and its implications for China -- still governed under a Leninist system. It also assesses the process of democratic consolidation and the political, military and diplomatic reality which constrains democratization in Taiwan.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	vi
List of Acronyms	viii
List of Tables and Figures	ix
Notes on Contributors	x
Introduction: Taiwan's Democratization Experience and its Implications for China	xiii
Transforming a Party State into a Democracy	1	(22)
Steve Tsang
Crafting Democratic Institutions	23	(26)
Hung-mao Tien
Tun-jen Cheng
Electoral and Party Politics in Democratization	49	(18)
Jurgen Domes
The Development of the Opposition	67	(18)
I-chou Liu
Developing a Party System and Democratic Consolidation	85	(16)
Teh-fu Huang
Ching-hsin Yu
Civil Society and Democratization	101	(15)
Chyuan-jenq Shiau
State and Identity	116	(14)
Francoise Mengin
Democratization and Beijing's Taiwan Policy	130	(18)
Christopher R. Hughes
The Challenges of Democratic Consolidation	148	(20)
Yun-han Chu
The Democratization of Taiwan: A Comparative Perspective	168	(18)
Laurence Whitehead
Index	186