Taiwan's politics in the 21st century : changes and challenges / edited by Wei-Chin Lee.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Taiwan's politics in the 2000s : an introduction / Wei-Chin Lee -- pt. 1. Political development. Is the Kuomintang invincible? / John Fun-Sheng Hsieh ; The Democratic Progressive Party : from opposition to power, and back again / Shelley Rigger ; Trust in institutions and the democratic consolidation in Taiwan / Huo-yan Shyu -- pt. 2. Political economy. Taiwan enters the 21st century : a rude awakening to the costs of success / Cal Clark and Alexander C. Tan ; From imitator to innovator : the political economy of industrial upgrading in the 21st century / Joseph Wong -- pt. 3. Taiwan-US-China relations. Symbolic politics, self-interests and threat perceptions : an analysis of Taiwan citizens' views on cross-strait economic exchanges / T.Y. Wang, Lu-huei Chen, and Shu Keng ; Beijing's shifting positions in the new era of cross-Taiwan strait relations / Quansheng Zhao and Guoli Liu ; Sound and fury : the United States-Taiwan relations under Chen Shui-bian in the 2000s / Wei-Chin Lee ; Taiwan's participation in Asia-Pacific regional processes : searching for an agenda of cross-strait consultations / Chyungly Lee.

This volume highlights Taiwan's ongoing efforts to mediate between competing political actors, a means to ensure domestic stability and national security without severely affecting its continuous economic growth and sovereign status in international society. Taiwan's Politics in the 21st Century concentrates on three general areas: domestic politics, political economy, and external relations. --From publisher's description.

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