The Republic of China's Emerging Electoral Pluralism
Author : Emerson M. S. Niou
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Elections
ISBN :
Author : Emerson M. S. Niou
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Elections
ISBN :
Author : Shelley Rigger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 13,2 MB
Release : 2002-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 113469296X
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.
Author : Murray A. Rubinstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1315485168
Examines the effects of the socio-economic post-war transformation on Taiwan's political system, environment, religious structures, the relationships between the sexes and the different ethnic populations. A complex revisionist portrait of the country emerges.
Author : Andrew Reynolds
Publisher : Stockholm : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
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Author : Andrew J. Nathan
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 31,82 MB
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1421412446
Leading experts on China offer their enlightening analysis on one of the most crucial and complex questions facing the future of international politics. Moving toward open markets and international trade has brought extraordinary economic success to China, yet its leadership still maintains an authoritarian grip over its massive population. From repressing political movements to controlling internet traffic, China’s undemocratic policies present an attractive model for other authoritarian regimes. But can China continue its growth without political reform? In Will China Democratize?, Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner present valuable analysis for anyone wondering if, when or how China might evolve politically. Since the Journal of Democracy’s very first issue in January 1990, which featured articles reflecting on the then-recent Tiananmen Square massacre, the Journal has regularly published articles about China and its politics. By bringing together the wide spectrum of views that have appeared in the Journal’s pages—from contributors including Fang Lizhi, Perry Link, Michel Oksenberg, Minxin Pei, Henry S. Rowen, and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo— Will China Democratize? provides a clear view of the complex forces driving change in China’s regime and society.
Author : Qingshan Tan
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Democratization
ISBN :
This book chronicles the evolution and progress of village elections in China, and offers a roadmap as to what could eventually be the beginning of a more extensive liberalization and democratization process. Initiatives to allow greater autonomy to common people led to eventually allowing village elections, which allowed all villages to elect their mayor, or village chief and local council every three years.
Author : Steven Levitsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 40,84 MB
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139491482
Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 20,2 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Anthropology
ISBN :
Author : Bernard Grofman
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 39,69 MB
Release : 1999-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472109098
DIVConsiders how electoral rules affect election results and argues that the impact of the same electoral systems is different from one culture to another /div
Author : James Leibold
Publisher : Policy Studies (East-West Cent
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780866382335
Following significant interethnic violence beginning in 2008, Chinese intellectuals and policymakers are now engaged in unprecedented debate over the future direction of their country's ethnic policies. This study attempts to gauge current Chinese opinion on this once-secretive and still highly sensitive area of national policy. Domestic Chinese opinion on ethnic policies over the last five years is reviewed and implications for future policies under the new leadership of CPC Secretary General Xi Jinping are explored. Careful review of a wide spectrum of contemporary Chinese commentary identifies an emerging consensus for ethnic-policy reform. Leading public intellectuals, as well as some party officials, now openly call for new measures strengthening national integration at the expense of minority rights and autonomy. These reformers argue that divisive ethnic policies adopted from the former USSR must be replaced by those supporting an ethnic "melting pot" concept. Despite this important shift in opinion, such radical policy changes as ending regional ethnic autonomy or minority preferences are unlikely over the short-to-medium term. Small-yet-significant adjustments in rhetoric and policy emphasis are, however, expected as the party-state attempts to strengthen interethnic cohesiveness as a part of its larger agenda of stability maintenance. About the author James Leibold is a senior lecturer in Politics and Asian Studies at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Reconfiguring Chinese Nationalism (2007) and co-editor of Critical Han Studies (2012) and Minority Education in China (forthcoming). His research on ethnicity, nationalism, and race in modern China has appeared in The China Journal, The China Quarterly, The Journal of Asian Studies, Modern China, and other publications.