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.
CONTENTS:
Taiwan's Democracy Under Chen Shui-bian—
K. Templeman, L. Diamond, and Y.-H. Chu
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POLITICS AND PUBLIC OPINION.
Party Politics and Elections: The Road to 2008—
S. Rigger
The Democratic Progressive Party in Majoritarian Elections—
J. Lin
Partisanship and Public Opinion—
E.C. Yu
Polarized Politics and Support for Democracy—
Y.-H. Chu, M. Huang, and Y. Chang
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN ACTION.
Executive-Legislative Relations Under Divided Government—
S. Hawang
Horizontal Accountability and the Rule of Law—
W.Chen and C. Hsu
Strengthening Constitutionalism—
Y.-H. Chu
STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS.
Civil Society and the Politics of Engagement—
C. Huang
Press Freedom and the Mass Media—
C. Feng
Restructuring State-Business Relations—
J.W.Y. Wang, S. Chen, and C. Kuo
Democratic Progressive Party Clientelism: A Failed Political Project—
C. Wang
NATIONAL SECURITY AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS.
Depoliticizing Taiwan's Security Apparatus—
Y. Tzeng
Troubled Waters: The Conflict over Cross-Strait Relations—
T. Leng