Democratization in Taiwan: Implications for China

by Steve Tsang

Democratization in Taiwan in the last decade raises the question of whether a similar process can happen in China, and dispels the old conception that democratization is incompatible with the Chinese/Confucian tradition. This volume examines the nature of and the dynamics in the democratization of a Leninist style party-state in Taiwan and its implications for China -- still governed under a Leninist system. It also assesses the process of democratic consolidation and the political, military and diplomatic reality which constrains democratization in Taiwan.

191 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1998

About the author

Steve Yui-Sang Tsang