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Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years
Chu Diamond Templ
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Description for Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years
Paperback. Editor(s): Chu, Yun-han; Diamond, Larry; Templeman, Kharis. Num Pages: 415 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JPHL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
When Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's first non-Kuomintang president, left office in 2008, his tenure was widely considered a disappointment. More recent events, however, suggest the need for a reassessment of this crucial period in Taiwan's political development. Taiwan's Democracy Challenged provides that assessment, considering key facets of both the progress toward and the obstacles to democratic consolidation during the Chen Shui-bian era.
When Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's first non-Kuomintang president, left office in 2008, his tenure was widely considered a disappointment. More recent events, however, suggest the need for a reassessment of this crucial period in Taiwan's political development. Taiwan's Democracy Challenged provides that assessment, considering key facets of both the progress toward and the obstacles to democratic consolidation during the Chen Shui-bian era.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
415
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9781626374041
SKU
V9781626374041
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About Chu Diamond Templ
Yun-han Chu is professor of political science at National Taiwan University, Taiwan distinguished research fellow at the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica, and president of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation. Larry Diamond is senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA. Kharis Templeman is research associate at the ... Read more
Reviews for Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years
This volume may become the definitive resource for understanding the Chen Shui-bian era—important for studying not only Taiwan's democratic development, but also democratic consolidation in general. The authors illustrate the complex, uneven, and multifaceted aspects of the era, also highlighting the 'unfinished' nature of this lived democratic experience. A 'must read' collection.... This is by far the best treatment of ... Read more