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Author Kwok, Ka-ho, author

Title When education meets politics in Taiwan : a game theory perspective (1994-2016) / Ka-ho Kwok
Published Rotterdam, The Netherlannds : Sense Publishers, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Spotlight on China ; volume 4
Spotlight on China (Rotterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 4.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2: SOCIAL CHANGE AND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE: Toward an Interactive Approach -- THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE -- Theories of Education Reform -- Structural-Functionalism and Conflict Theory -- Globalization, Localization, and Educational Change -- Theories of Democratization and Educational Change -- Game Theory and Educational Change
INTERPRETING EDUCATION REFORM IN TRANSITIONAL SOCIETIES: AN INTERACTIVE APPROACHNOTES -- CHAPTER 3: TAIWAN SINCE 1945: An Historical Review -- SOCIAL CHANGE IN TAIWAN -- One-Party Dominance and Mainlandization 1945â#x80;#x93;1987 -- Democratization Since 1988 -- The Pursuit of Democratization and the Dominance of Middle Voters under the KMT Government 1988â#x80;#x93;2000 -- The Pursuit of Taiwanization and Escalation of Conflicts under the DPP Government 2000â#x80;#x93;2008 -- The Pursuit of Cross-Straitization and Hedging under the KMT Government 2008â#x80;#x93;2016 -- EDUCATIONAL CHANGE IN TAIWAN
Mainlandization and One-Party Dominance in Education 1945â#x80;#x93;1993Toward a Consensus on Deregulation in Education under the KMT 1994â#x80;#x93;2000 -- The Pursuit of Taiwanization and Escalation of Conflicts in Education under the DPP Government 2000â#x80;#x93;2008 -- Cross-Straitization and the Mixed Outcome in Education under the KMT 2008â#x80;#x93;2016 -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4: DEREGULATION AND GRAND COALITION OF PLAYERS UNDER THE KMT GOVERNMENT (1994â#x80;#x93;2000) -- INTRODUCTION -- PLAYERSâ#x80;#x99; PREFERENCES AND STRATEGIES -- General Context of Major Playersâ#x80;#x99; Basic Preferences
Pan-KMT: The Basic Preference for Centralization of Power under the Normal Education SystemPan-DPP: The Basic Preference for Taiwanization -- The Reformists and Li Yuanzhe: The Basic Preference of Deregulation in Education -- TOWARD AN EQUILIBRIUM IN THE PURSUIT OF DEMOCRATIZATION IN EDUCATION -- The Initiation of Deregulation in Education by the Reformists and the Acceptance of the KMT -- The Partisan Coalition for â#x80;#x9C;One Curriculum Guideline, Multiple Textbooksâ#x80;#x9D; -- The Partisan Coalition for the Educational Fundamental Act
The Grand Coalition of Players of the Grade 1â#x80;#x93;9 CurriculumDISEQUILIBRIUM ON THE CLEAVAGE OF TAIWANIZATION VERSUS RE-UNIFICATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5: TAIWANIZATION AND ESCALATION OF CONFLICTS UNDER THE DPP GOVERNMENT (2000â#x80;#x93;2008) -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ADJUSTMENT OF PLAYERSâ#x80;#x99; PREFERENCES AND STRATEGIES -- TOWARD A DISEQUILIBRIUM ON EDUCATION REFORM -- The Defection of Li Yuanzhe and the Reformists -- The Partisan Conflicts over Grade 1â#x80;#x93;9 Curriculum Reform -- The Pan-KMTâ#x80;#x99;s Return to â#x80;#x9C;One Curriculum Guideline, One Textbookâ#x80;#x9D
Summary Politics affect education, particularly in transitional societies. It is obvious that Taiwan's education reform and democratization share the same set of players. All major educational players played a role at different stages in the electoral process striving for popular support. This book applies game theoretic tools and proposes dynamic positioning as a new framework that regards Taiwan's education reform from 1994 to 2016 as the outcome of players strategic interactions (instead of top-down or bottom-up). The complex interplay is characterized by the continual adjustment of one's preferences and strategies in response to other players moves. This concept helps explain how and why Taiwan's education reform was once embraced by most players (cooperation), but became a battlefield between different camps (non-cooperation) soon after a change of the ruling party in 2000. It disputes various structural approaches on educational change, including functionalism, conflict theory, globalization, and theories of liberal democracy. It also contributes to the field of game theoretical studies in education and the specific literature of politics, social change, and education reform
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 29, 2017)
Subject Education and state -- Taiwan
Educational change -- Political aspects -- Taiwan
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
Education and state
Educational change -- Political aspects
Politics and government
Social conditions
SUBJECT Taiwan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131997
Taiwan -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85132004
Subject Taiwan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789463511520
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9789463511506
9463511504