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Democracy (made in Taiwan) : the "success" state as a political theory
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Democracy (made in Taiwan) : the "success" state as a political theory / Chih-yu Shih.
ISBN
9780739125113 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739125117 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2007.
Physical Description
vi, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 29, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.
Contents
Introduction : political theory and Taiwan
The Taiwan success revisited
Not about human rights
Not about liberalism
The "rational actor" backfire
The loss of the median voter
The loss of an ally
Political theory in practice
Back from the future
The world timing of un-Chinese consciousness
Two theses on Confucian democracy
Parenting personality
Beyond the state-society divide
Conclusion : political theory for democratic ontology
Bibliography
Index
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