Democracy (made in Taiwan)
Subtitle: the "success" state as a political theory
By: Chih-yu Shih
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780739125113
Subjects: Democracy -- Taiwan; Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 2000-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : political theory and Taiwan; title: The Taiwan success revisited; title: Not about human rights; title: Not about liberalism; title: The "rational actor" backfire; title: The loss of the median voter; title: The loss of an ally; title: Political theory in practice; title: Back from the future; title: The world timing of un-Chinese consciousness; title: Two theses on Confucian democracy; title: Parenting personality; title: Beyond the state-society divide; title: Conclusion : political theory for democratic ontology; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the author