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1. Documenting Taiwan on Film

   Issues and Methods in New Documentaries

   Edited by Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Tze-Lan Deborah Sang

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   To date, there is but a handful of articles on documentary films from Taiwan. This volume seeks to remedy the paucity in this area of research and conduct a systematic analysis of the genre. Each contributor to the volume investigates the various aspects of documentary by focusing on one or two...

   Published March 11th 2012 by Routledge
2. Government and Politics in Taiwan

   By Dafydd Fell

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   Written by an experienced teacher and scholar this new textbook introduces the reader to the big questions that concern change and continuity in how politics operates and how Taiwan is governed. Taking a critical approach, Dafydd Fell provides students with the essential background to the history...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
3. Taiwanese Identity in the 21st Century

   Domestic, Regional and Global Perspectives

   Edited by Gunter Schubert, Jens Damm

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   As we look to enter the second decade of the 21st century, Taiwan’s quest for identity remains the most contentious issue in the domestic arena of Taiwanese politics. From here, it spills over into the cross-Strait relationship and impacts on regional and global security. Whether Taiwan is a nation...

   Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge
4. Taiwan's Economic Transformation

   Leadership, Property Rights and Institutional Change 1949-1965

   By Tai-Chun Kuo, Ramon H Myers

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   This book tells the story of Taiwan’s economic revolution—how Taiwan transformed itself from a planned economy into a market economy between 1949 and 1965. The authors posit that it was the Kuomintang Government's endorsement of property rights reform and institutional change that enabled Taiwan to...

   Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge
5. Taiwan's Democracy

   Economic and Political Challenges

   Edited by Robert Ash, John W. Garver, Penelope Prime

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   Taiwan’s rapid industrialization during the 1960s and 1970s, combined with the democratic revolution that began with the lifting of martial law in 1987 were of deep historic importance. Over the next decade Taiwan’s "political miracle" matched its earlier "economic miracle" creating a vibrant...

   Published July 6th 2011 by Routledge
6. Politics of Difference in Taiwan

   Edited by T.W. Ngo, Hong-zen Wang

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   Taiwan has been hailed as a successful case of democratization. Compared with many other nations, the transition from authoritarian rule occurred in a rather orderly fashion. Group consciousness emerged as a reaction to the decades-long suppression of cultural diversity under martial law as...

   Published May 9th 2011 by Routledge
7. Popular Culture in Taiwan

   Charismatic Modernity

   Edited by Marc Moskowitz

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   The growing field of popular culture studies in Taiwan can be divided into two distinct academic trends; a different analytical framework is used to examine either locally oriented popular culture or transnational pop culture. This volume combine these two academic trends, firstly by revealing that...

   Published October 11th 2010 by Routledge
8. Planning in Taiwan

   Spatial Planning in the Twenty-First Century

   Edited by Roger Bristow

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   As a newly industrialised country with highly successful economic growth and political liberation in a short period of time, Taiwan has been viewed as a model for other aspiring countries and regions. This volume focuses on the connection between planning institution and practice and the...

   Published May 4th 2010 by Routledge
9. Taiwan, Humanitarianism and Global Governance

   By Alain Guilloux

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   In this unique book, Alain Guilloux uses four major elements of governance - namely norms, actors, processes, and outcomes - to examine Taiwan’s national governance as well as its participation in global governance in relation to humanitarian aid. Including case studies on Taiwan’s application to...

   Published March 4th 2009 by Routledge