Rumpelstiltskin by Heather Amery

Rumpelstiltskin by Heather Amery

This book explores a relatively uncharted area of democratic transitions: the empirical study of intensely politicized transitional societies. In particular, it addresses the problems of protracted democratic transitions that occur when a one-party state has been incompletely dismantled. Due to an initially smooth political transition from one-party authoritarianism to multi-party politics, Taiwan's gradual process of democratization has been celebrated as one of the most successful cases of political transformation. However, this political transition was incomplete and, especially since 2000 when the first non-Kuomintang president was elected, Taiwan has been marked by protracted political struggles together with an intense politicization of society that threatens the sustainability of the country's democratic politics. This updated and expanded edition draws out the broader implications of the book's argument regarding the politicization of society, and ponders the prospects for Taiwan's democracy in the shadow of a dominant China. Not only scholars and students of East Asian politics will find this an illuminating study but also policy-makers, NGOs, businesses, journalists and many others interested in Taiwan and Greater China, and in democratic transition more generally.

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ISBN 13	9780794506063
ISBN 10	0794506062
Title	Rumpelstiltskin
Author	Heather Amery
Series	First Stories Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Usborne Pub Ltd
Year published	2003-12-01
Number of pages	16
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