Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Note on romanization; Voting for democracy; Learning to vote: the origins of Taiwan's electoral system; Party-state authoritarianism in the pre-reform era (1945 1972); Electoral mobilization in the pre-reform era (1945 1972); Political reform under Chiang Ching-kuo (1972 1988); The watershed elections of 1989; The Lee Teng-hui years (1990 1996); Continuing challenges to Taiwan's democracy; Notes; Suggestions for further reading; Chronology; Index
Summary
This book is an ideal, one-stop resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of political science, particuarly those interested in the international politics of China and the Asia-Pacific