Taiwan—together with India, Japan and South Korea—is one of only four consolidated Asian democracies. Democratizing Taiwan provides the most comprehensive a

Taiwan has become a democracy despite the inability of its political elite to agree on the national identity of the state. This is a study of the history of dem

Taiwan's first presidential election, in 1996, sparked a Sino-U.S. military showdown that resulted in the biggest show of U.S. naval force in East Asia since th

This book shows that Taiwan, unlike other countries, avoided serious economic disruption and social conflict, and arrived at its goal of multi-party competition

Published by Monash University, this paper discusses the many issues involving democracy in Taiwan.