Taiwan and The 'China Impact'
Challenges and Opportunities
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:26th Nov '15
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There can be no doubt that China’s economic and political rise is having a stronger effect on Taiwan than on any other country, given the Chinese government’s claim to sovereignty over Taiwan, and Taiwan’s quest to maintain its democratic achievements and political identity as a sovereign state. Against this background, this volume deals with the ‘bigger picture’ of evolving relations across the Taiwan Strait, departing from the observation that China’s impact on Taiwan has become stronger over the last 20 years.
This book analyses the ‘China impact’ on Taiwan in terms of its social, political and security space from both an empirical and conceptual point of view. It is the first comprehensive account of China’s multifaceted impact on the politics and society of contemporary Taiwan, written by renowned scholars from Taiwan, Europe and the U.S. The book covers a wide range of topics including Taiwan’s party alignment, elections, generational politics, cross-strait political economy, immigration policy and security. The contributors, political scientists and sociologists, highlight both the dangers and the opportunities of the ‘China impact’ for Taiwan and draw a realistic picture of the island republic’s current situation and future options in the shadow of its giant neighbour.
Based on qualitative and quantitative data, this volume intends to fill a gap in the Taiwan studies field by studying the ‘China impact’ on Taiwan’s politics and society systematically and from a comparative perspective. By doing so, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Taiwan studies, and East Asian politics and society more generally.
"...one of the valuable inputs of some contributors is to provide a “bottom-up” approach—by using either public opinion surveys or interviews, or both—to examine the impact of mainland China on Taiwan’s politics and society...Taiwan and the “China Impact” very thought-provoking for many people interested in Taiwan and cross-Strait relations."
Kwei-Bo Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Asian Politics & Policy (APP)
"This book, sure to be a key text in the fast-developing field of Taiwan studies, helps to recover these voices and shows that China has played different roles at all levels of society in Taiwan. Taiwan and the ‘China Impact’
assembles in one volume the most current and rigorous research and therefore deserves wide readership.
Klavier Wang, International Journal of Taiwan Studies
ISBN: 9781138945920
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 612g
316 pages