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• catalog abstract "Is the Nationalist party of China (Kuomintang, or KMT) the villain it is sometimes portrayed to be? Or is it the embodiment of the political and moral good that partisans have claimed it to be? The KMT has managed an incredible feat of economic modernization in Taiwan and has become a proponent of democracy, yet its reputation has been marred by brutal acts of repression and by ineptitude. Focusing on the role of KMT party elites in the democratization process. Steven Hood considers the KMT's evolution from a Leninist party-state to a fractious party in a competitive political system. Many contemporary studies suggest that democratization is the product of decisions, compromises, and accidents - the result of relatively short-term confrontations among elites in the opposition and softliners and hardliners within authoritarian regimes. Although these factors are important, the democratization of Taiwan has been a long-term process of elites wrestling within the confines of existing political institutions. Taiwan's case study reminds us that we need to revisit the prerequisites that must underline a true democracy - factors that are too often ignored or dismissed by scholars studying the democratization process.".
• catalog contributor b10042339.
• catalog coverage "Taiwan Politics and government 1988-2000.".
• catalog created "1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
• catalog description "1. Theoretical Considerations -- 2. Rebuilding the Party on Taiwan -- 3. Political Calm and Slow Change -- 4. Chiang Ching-kuo's Break from the Past -- 5. Liberalizing the Political System -- 6. Inner-Party Conflict and the Emergence of Democracy -- 7. Testing Democratic Reforms in Taiwan -- 8. Concluding Analysis: The Kuomintang and Political Development on Taiwan.".
• catalog description "Focusing on the role of KMT party elites in the democratization process. Steven Hood considers the KMT's evolution from a Leninist party-state to a fractious party in a competitive political system. Many contemporary studies suggest that democratization is the product of decisions, compromises, and accidents - the result of relatively short-term confrontations among elites in the opposition and softliners and hardliners within authoritarian regimes. Although these factors are important, the democratization of Taiwan has been a long-term process of elites wrestling within the confines of existing political institutions. Taiwan's case study reminds us that we need to revisit the prerequisites that must underline a true democracy - factors that are too often ignored or dismissed by scholars studying the democratization process.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-177) and index.".
• catalog description "Is the Nationalist party of China (Kuomintang, or KMT) the villain it is sometimes portrayed to be? Or is it the embodiment of the political and moral good that partisans have claimed it to be? The KMT has managed an incredible feat of economic modernization in Taiwan and has become a proponent of democracy, yet its reputation has been marred by brutal acts of repression and by ineptitude.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 181 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Kuomintang and the democratization of Taiwan.".
• catalog identifier "0813390079 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Kuomintang and the democratization of Taiwan.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Boulder, Colo. : WestviewPress,".
• catalog relation "Kuomintang and the democratization of Taiwan.".
• catalog spatial "Taiwan Politics and government 1988-2000.".
• catalog spatial "Taiwan.".
• catalog subject "324.251/083/09049 20".
• catalog subject "Democracy Taiwan.".
• catalog subject "Democratization Taiwan.".
• catalog subject "JQ1519.A5 C645 1997".
• catalog subject "Zhongguo guo min dang.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Theoretical Considerations -- 2. Rebuilding the Party on Taiwan -- 3. Political Calm and Slow Change -- 4. Chiang Ching-kuo's Break from the Past -- 5. Liberalizing the Political System -- 6. Inner-Party Conflict and the Emergence of Democracy -- 7. Testing Democratic Reforms in Taiwan -- 8. Concluding Analysis: The Kuomintang and Political Development on Taiwan.".
• catalog title "The Kuomintang and the democratization of Taiwan / Steven J. Hood.".
• catalog type "text".