Taiwan's Modernization in Global Perspective

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Peter C. Chow
Bloomsbury Academic, Oct 30, 2002 - Business & Economics - 391 pages

In five decades, Taiwan has shifted from an authoritarian regime to a multi-party democracy, has moved steadily toward modernization, and has become an economically affluent, socially pluralistic society. Its experience provides valuable lessons for developing countries. This book offers a critical assessment of Taiwan's path to modernization, focusing particularly on developments of constitutional democracy and the rule of law, democratic transition and consolidation, internationalization and globalization, and social developments.

From its market economy to its democratization, Taiwan provides a valuable case study. On social developments, it provides a unique model of demographic transition, rising women's social status, and the emergence of the nuclear family. In eighteen chapters written by prominent scholars, this book examines the multiple aspects of Taiwan's modernization in a global perspective.

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Contents

Its Achievements and Challenges
3
Democracy in Taiwan and in AsiaAdvances and Challenges
29
Constitutional Reform and the Development of
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About the author (2002)

PETER C.Y. CHOW is Professor of Economics at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Consultant for the World Bank, and the editor of the companion volume Taiwan in the Global Economy (Praeger, 2001).

Bibliographic information

TitleTaiwan's Modernization in Global Perspective
EditorPeter C. Chow
Editionillustrated
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 2002
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedJul 7, 2008
ISBN0275970809, 9780275970802
Length391 pages
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Business & Economics / General
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