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Taiwan's Transformation
John J. Metzler
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Description for Taiwan's Transformation
hardcover. Num Pages: 175 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 375.
This book presents a cogent but comprehensive review of Taiwan’s socio-economic transformation from a Japanese colony to a thriving East Asian mini-state. Since the 1980’s, Taiwan has primarily been viewed as a thriving economic model. Though certainly true, this assessment belies the amazing social and political success story for 23 million people on a small New Hampshire-sized island just off the China coast. Metzler highlights the engaging political narrative of democratization as well as Taiwan’s noteworthy accomplishments despite the proximity and opposition of communist China. Further, the result of the 2016 elections and its implication are analyzed. Scholars studying East ... Read more
This book presents a cogent but comprehensive review of Taiwan’s socio-economic transformation from a Japanese colony to a thriving East Asian mini-state. Since the 1980’s, Taiwan has primarily been viewed as a thriving economic model. Though certainly true, this assessment belies the amazing social and political success story for 23 million people on a small New Hampshire-sized island just off the China coast. Metzler highlights the engaging political narrative of democratization as well as Taiwan’s noteworthy accomplishments despite the proximity and opposition of communist China. Further, the result of the 2016 elections and its implication are analyzed. Scholars studying East ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
Number of Pages
175
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137574923
SKU
V9781137574923
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99-15
About John J. Metzler
John J. Metzler teaches comparative government and Asian Studies at St. John’s University in New York. He is likewise a longtime United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic, defense and developmental issues.
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