The Taiwan-china Connection

Democracy And Development Across The Taiwan Straits
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-8133-9006-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

Exploring the transitional role of the state in Taiwan's economic development, this book focuses especially on the impact of trade with mainland China. Tse-Kang Leng argues that the basic structure of political forces within Taiwan and its pattern of external economic relations have been transformed in the 1990s, with cross-Straits trade playing a key part. Although politically embarrassing to the government, this trade provides an economic opportunity that is irresistibly attractive to business interests.Thus, cross-Straits trade and investment have served as a fulcrum by which societal interests have moved an unwilling state. Going beyond the ?strong state? paradigm, the author's analysis of current cross-Straits economic policies reveals a sharp contrast between Taiwan's authoritarian past and its current era of democratization. Weighing the crucial forces at work in Taiwan?democratization, state-society interaction, and economic interdependence with mainland China?Leng provides a thorough analysis of Taiwan's political and economic development in the 1990s and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leng, Tse-Kang

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction -- Democratic Transition in Taiwan -- An Overview of Taiwan’s China Policy -- Institutional Conflicts and Power Struggles -- State-Business Relations and Taiwan’s Cross-Straits Economic Policy -- Governing Cross-Straits Economic Relations -- Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tse-Kang Leng is an associate research fellow and chief of the Cooperation and Exchange Section of the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University, Taipei.