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- catalog abstract ""Politics of Taiwan is an accessible and highly readable survey of the Taiwanese political situation spanning from 1949 to the present. With a focus on the issue of democratization, Shelley Rigger covers Taiwan's complicated and unique political history, and tells the story of how Taiwanese, demanding a stonger voice in politics, drove their government to reinvent itself on a democratic blueprint. This book shows that Taiwan, unlike other countries, avoided serious economic disruption and social conflict, and arrived at its goal of multi-party competition with little bloodshed"--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b11374649.
- catalog coverage "Taiwan Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Politics of Taiwan is an accessible and highly readable survey of the Taiwanese political situation spanning from 1949 to the present. With a focus on the issue of democratization, Shelley Rigger covers Taiwan's complicated and unique political history, and tells the story of how Taiwanese, demanding a stonger voice in politics, drove their government to reinvent itself on a democratic blueprint. This book shows that Taiwan, unlike other countries, avoided serious economic disruption and social conflict, and arrived at its goal of multi-party competition with little bloodshed"--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "1. Voting for democracy -- 2. Learning to vote: the origins of Taiwan's electoral system -- 3. Party-state authoritarianism in the pre-reform era (1945-1972) -- 4. Electoral mobilization in the pre-reform era (1945-1972) -- 5. Political reform under Chiang Ching-kuo (1972-1988) -- 6. The watershed elections of 1989 -- 7. The Lee Teng-hui years (1990-1996) -- 8. Continuing challenges to Taiwan's democracy.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 229 p. :".
- catalog identifier "041517208X (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0415172098 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Taiwan Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog spatial "Taiwan.".
- catalog subject "320.95124/9/09045 21".
- catalog subject "DS799.816 .R54 1999".
- catalog subject "Democracy Taiwan.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Voting for democracy -- 2. Learning to vote: the origins of Taiwan's electoral system -- 3. Party-state authoritarianism in the pre-reform era (1945-1972) -- 4. Electoral mobilization in the pre-reform era (1945-1972) -- 5. Political reform under Chiang Ching-kuo (1972-1988) -- 6. The watershed elections of 1989 -- 7. The Lee Teng-hui years (1990-1996) -- 8. Continuing challenges to Taiwan's democracy.".
- catalog title "Politics in Taiwan : voting for democracy / Shelley Rigger.".
- catalog type "text".