1st Edition
Foreign Policy Making in Taiwan From Principle to Pragmatism
1. Analyzing Taiwan's Foreign Policy 2. Historical Overview of Taiwan's Foreign Policy 3. A Shrimp Between Whales: The International System and Taiwan's Foreign Policy 4. Governmental Institutions and Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Taiwan 5. Societal Influences and Taiwan's Foreign Policy 6. Crusaders and Pragmatists: Taiwan's Presidents and Foreign Policy 7. Understanding Taiwan's Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities
Biography
Dennis V. Hickey is professor of political science at Missouri State University.
'Reflects the thorough research, penetrating understanding, ability to use theory effectively, and the good writing of a seasoned Taiwan scholar. It is a seminal work and is highly recommended to scholars and laymen alike who are interested in Taiwan’s approach to the world, and with that, the ‘hard’ issue of Taiwan’s role in US-China relations—arguably the most sensitive and most important of any in the world.' - John Copper, Pacific Affairs
'In his new book Foreign Policy Making in Taiwan, American political science professor and longtime observer of Taiwan affairs Dennis Hickey has provided a very useful and well-written contribution to both Taiwan studies and comparative foreign-policy analysis.' - Robert Henderson, Taiwan Journal, July 6, 2007
'Foreign Policy Making in Taiwan: From Principle to Pragmatism, is an accessible and well-researched study into the complex process of decision-making in Taiwanese foreign policy' - Dafydd Fell, China Quarterly
'A comprehensive and balanced analysis of the forces that shape Taiwan's external relations.' - Sujian Guo, President of the Association of Chinese Political Studies
'A major contribution to the field of comparative foreign policy analysis.' - Emerson Niou, Director of the Program in Asian Security Studies, Duke University
