The First Chinese Democracy: Political Life in the Republic of China on Taiwan
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Book Overview
The political transformation of Taiwan from an authoritarian regime into a democracy is one of the great political sagas of the 20th century. Defeated on the China mainland, the Kuomintang established a new polity on Taiwan that allowed for four remarkable patterns of political development. These patterns reflect a complex political process of behavioral and institutional change in which the key requisites for democracy now exist in Taiwan. Taiwan's history of citizen participation in direct elections, along with the political institutional changes narrated here by Chao and Myers, produced an unprecedented, peaceful political turn-over of power from the KMT ruling party to the DPP, or Democratic Progressive Party, in March 2000.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801872391
ISBN13:9780801872396
Release Date:June 2003
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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WOW B4 I RED DIS PAGE I DID UNT NOW THAT AXL WAS RELEASING ANOTHER CHINESE DEMOCRACY!! LIKE USE YOUR ILLUSION I AND II WE'LL HAVE CHINESE DEMOCRACY I & II!! YEAY!
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