Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Reform [Paperback]

Shelley Rigger (Author)

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (Oct 5 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415172098
ISBN-13: 978-0415172097
Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 322 g

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Rigger provides an excellent description of Taiwan's political history during the postwar era after the Nationalist or Kuomintang (KMT) Party evacuated to the island after losing the civil war on the Chinese mainland to Mao's Communists...The book is insightful, balanced and quite readable....Politics in Taiwanis to provide by far the most extensive and sophisticated analysis available in English of the politics of local factions in Taiwan. Consequently, the book is almost required reading for anybody who wants a full understanding of democratic politics in Taiwan..
–Cal Clark, Pacific Afairs

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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 blood shed. Nonetheless, this survey reveals that for those who imagine democracy to be the panacea for every social, economic and political ill, Taiwan's continuing struggles against corruption, isolation and division offer a cautionary lesson.
This book is an ideal, one-stop resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of political science, particuarly those interested in the international politics of China, and the Asia-Pacific.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read, Jan 28 2000

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'Politics in Taiwan' is an extraordinarily well researched, elegantly argued and very readable book. It concisely contends that Taiwan's 'democratic miracle' is a result of a long history of local elections that have taken place on the island, inculcating democratic skills and nurturing a viable opposition to the authoritarian regime. The book comprises an equal blend of theoretical reasoning and empirical richness. Professor Rigger nicely captures both the dynamics of historical development and the contingencies of real-life politics. A must-read for those interested in contemporary Taiwan and/or democratization, and very suitable for the college classroom.

5.0 out of 5 stars Politics in Taiwan, Jan 18 2000

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This review is from: Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Reform (Paperback)

An outstanding contribution to understanding the current status of the political scene in this part of Asia and its implications for the greater world community. It is comprehensive, well organized, and very readable, even for the relative novice to the field.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, Mar 26 2000

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Professor Rigger's inaugural work shows a great deal of talent and promise. She argues convincingly that it was the very institution of local elections, conducted even in the darkest days of the Chiang Kai-Shek era, that made a crucial contribution to the island's later peaceful transition to democracy. Very insightful and informative.

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