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Taiwan's Democracy on Trial: Political Change During the Chen Shui-bian Era and Beyond
Author(s): John Franklin Copper (Author)
- Publisher: University Press Of America
- Publication Date: 14 Oct. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 118 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761853197
- ISBN-13: 9780761853190
Book Description
This book assesses the process of democratization in Taiwan during the Chen Shui-bian Era and after. He shows that in several respects, press freedom, human rights, ethnic relations, political reform, constitutionalism, and clean governance, democratization regressed. Economic management was not good and relations with the United States were severely strained.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This is a book to be taken seriously, and it deserves a wide audience – particularly in Taiwan…. Copper’s new book is an important addition to the literature on Taiwan’s politics and democratization. It is to be hoped that readers can look forward to an expanded second edition in the future, and that the second edition will be translated into Chinese so it may reach a wider audience.
About the Author
John Franklin Copper is the Stanley J. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies (emeritus) at Rhodes College.
