The Inside Story of Taiwan's Quiet Revolution : From Authoritarianism to Open Democracy /

"By James Soong, a key government and party official, this memoir of the years 1988 to 1993 details Taiwan's successful transition from authoritarianism to democracy. This period saw a nonviolent process commonly referred to as Taiwan's quiet revolution that serves as a case study for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Soong, James Chu-yul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Chino
Published: Berkeley, CA : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Democratization.
Democratisation > Taiwan.
Democratization > Taiwan.
Taiwan.
Taiwan > Politique et gouvernement > 1988-2000.
Taiwan > Politics and government > 1988-2000.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Driving Force behind Chiang Ching-kuo's Decision to Democratize Taiwan
  • A Goal Kicked in: Lee Teng-hui Becomes Acting Party Chair
  • The 13th National Congress of the Kuomintang: A Shift in the Lees' Relations
  • Becoming Secretary-General of the Kuomintang
  • The 1989 Year-End Elections and the Beginning of My Delicate Relationship with John Kuan
  • A Second Goal Kicked In: The February Political Disputes, from Beginning to End
  • The National Affairs Conference
  • Hau Pei-tsun Forms a Cabinet
  • Factional Fighting within the Kuomintang
  • The DPP and the April 17 Protest
  • Revision of Article 100 of the Criminal Code and the Taiwan Independence Provision
  • The DPP Joins the National Unification Council
  • The "One Institution, Two Phases" Approach to Constitutional Reform
  • The 2nd Legislative Yuan Is Voted in and the Provincial Government Is Frozen Out
  • Party Diplomacy
  • In Conclusion: Political Integration through Centripetal or Centrifugal Force.

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