Contemporary Taiwan
By: edited by David Shambaugh.
Contributors: Shambaugh, David L.
Series: Studies on contemporary China; Studies on contemporary China (Oxford, England)
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1975-1988.; Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1988-2000.; Taiwan -- Economic conditions -- 1975-; Taiwan -- History -- 1975-1988.; Taiwan -- History -- 1988-2000.; Taiwan -- Social conditions -- 1975-1988.; Taiwan -- Social conditions -- 1988-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Clarendon paperbacks."
"The contributions to this volume were first presented at the conference "Taiwan Today", convened by The China Quarterly in Taipei in November 1995, and subsequently was published as a Special Issue in December 1996"--P. 2.
Table of contents: title: Exploring the complexities of contemporary Taiwan -- David Shambaugh; title: The enduring influence of the Republic of China on Taiwan today -- Ralph N. Clough; title: A new Chinese civilization : the evolution of the Republic of China on Taiwan -- Ramon H. Myers; title: Taiwan society at the 'Fin de Siècle -- Thomas B. Gold; title: Cultural identity and the politics of recognition in contemporary Taiwan -- Tu Weiming; title: Building democracy in Taiwan -- Hung-Mao Tien and Yun-Han Chu; title: The Taiwan economy : the transition to maturity and the political economy of its changing international status -- Christopher Howe; title: Charting Taiwan's technological future : the impact of globalization and regionalization -- Denis Fred Simon; title: Taiwan's environment today -- Richard Louis Edmonds; title: Taiwan's mainland policy : normalization, yes ; reunification, later -- Jean-Pierre Cabestan; title: Taiwan's security : maintaining deterrence amid political accountability -- David Shambaugh; title: The international standing of the Republic of China on Taiwan -- Michael Yahuda; title: America in Taiwan's post Cold War foreign relations -- Thomas W. Robinson.