{"product_id":"9781626374034","title":"Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years","description":"When Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's first non-Kuomintang president, left office in 2008, his tenure was widely considered a disappointment. More recent events, however, suggest the need for a reassessment of this crucial period in Taiwan's political development. Taiwan's Democracy Challenged provides that assessment, considering key facets of both the progress toward and the obstacles to democratic consolidation during the Chen Shui-bian era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaiwan's Democracy Under Chen Shui-bian—\u003cem\u003eK. Templeman, L. Diamond, and Y.-H. Chu\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePOLITICS AND PUBLIC OPINION.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParty Politics and Elections: The Road to 2008—\u003cem\u003eS. Rigger\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Democratic Progressive Party in Majoritarian Elections—\u003cem\u003eJ. Lin\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePartisanship and Public Opinion—\u003cem\u003eE.C. Yu\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolarized Politics and Support for Democracy—\u003cem\u003eY.-H. Chu, M. Huang, and Y. Chang\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN ACTION.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExecutive-Legislative Relations Under Divided Government—\u003cem\u003eS. Hawang\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorizontal Accountability and the Rule of Law—\u003cem\u003eW.Chen and C. Hsu\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrengthening Constitutionalism—\u003cem\u003eY.-H. Chu\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSTATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCivil Society and the Politics of Engagement—\u003cem\u003eC. Huang\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePress Freedom and the Mass Media—\u003cem\u003eC. Feng\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestructuring State-Business Relations—\u003cem\u003eJ.W.Y. Wang, S. Chen, and C. Kuo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemocratic Progressive Party Clientelism: A Failed Political Project—\u003cem\u003eC. Wang\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNATIONAL SECURITY AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepoliticizing Taiwan's Security Apparatus—\u003cem\u003eY. Tzeng\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTroubled Waters: The Conflict over Cross-Strait Relations—\u003cem\u003eT. Leng\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49789243818224,"sku":"9781626374034","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626374034","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}