Democracy on trial : social movements and cultural politics in postauthoritarian Taiwan /

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Writing "an ethnography of democracy," the author describes and analyzes a multifaceted Taiwanese society. Contradicting mainstream research on political cultures, which relies heavily on survey data and statistical analysis, the author produces an anthropologically inspired, contextually...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chuang, Ya-Chung, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Chinese University Press, [date of publication not identified]
Subjects:
Politics and culture > Taiwan.
Social movements > Taiwan.
Democracy > Taiwan.
Politique et culture > Taiwan.
Mouvements sociaux > Taiwan.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Democracy
Politics and culture
Politics and government
Social movements
Taiwan > Politics and government.
Taiwan > Politique et gouvernement.
Taiwan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • State and civil society. Democracy's dawn : "quiet revolution" in a national crisis ; Democracy in action : the making of social movement webs ; Talking democracy : from normalized political processes to politicized everyday life
  • Identity and ethnicity. Reflexive democracy : Bentu and its discontent ; Democracy as dream : ethnicity and the politics of recognition
  • Place and politics. (en)gendering democracy : Shequ and urban neighborhood organizing ; Walking democracy : street life and local politics in a Taipei neighborhood
  • Epilogue : democracy unbound.

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