ABSTRACT
This book employs a policy-based approach to examine the emerging governance structure in Taiwan, one of several countries in East Asia where democratic consolidation is firmly established.
Each chapter provides a detailed investigation of reforms that have helped to strengthen Taiwan’s democracy in such areas as elections, civil service recruitment, economic policy, social policy, environmental protection, civil rights, response to the COVID-19 pandemic, civil–military relations, and foreign and mainland China policy.
As a study of Taiwan’s democratic governance, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics, comparative politics, democracy, and Taiwan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 3|17 pages
When Democracy Meets Bureaucracy
Studying Reforms of Taiwan's Civil Service Since Democratization in the Late 1980s
chapter 5|16 pages
From Developmentalism to Postindustrialism
The Evolution of the Welfare State in Taiwan
chapter 6|16 pages
Environmental Protection after Taiwan's Democratic Consolidation
Is Democracy Working for the Environment?
