Front Cover -- Parliamentary Diplomacy of Taiwan in Comparative Perspective -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 About Parliamentary Diplomacy -- Diplomacy then and now -- Parliamentary diplomacy defined -- Parliamentary diplomacy as a field of research -- Subjects, activities, effectiveness, forms and potential of parliamentary diplomacy -- 3 Unrecognized and Unrepresented States -- Contested states -- Created after secession -- Created in the process of decolonization
States with limited recognition -- Created after secession -- Created in the process of decolonization -- Synthesis -- 4 Taiwan -- The contextualization of Taiwan's international relations -- The real size of a small island -- History -- Contemporary Taiwan: two realities -- Taiwan's diplomacies -- 5 Taiwan's Parliamentary Diplomacy -- Research plan -- Parliamentary institutions -- National parliaments -- Parliament-to-parliament -- Friendship groups -- The US Congress -- International parliamentary associations -- Party alliances
Parliamentary organs of international governmental organizations -- The European Parliament -- Synthesis -- 6 Barriers Surrounding Taiwan's Parliamentary Diplomacy -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Back Cover
Summary
Through a comparative perspective, and using evidence from the relations of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan with the US Congress and the European Parliament, this book assesses both the potentials and the constraints of parliamentary diplomacy for Taiwan
