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Author Mattlin, Mikael

Title Politicized society : the long shadow of Taiwan's one-party legacy / Mikael Mattlin
Published Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 303 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Series Governance in Asia ; no. 1
Governance in Asia ; no. 1.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Political transitions and politicization -- Structural politicizaction -- Transition interregnum -- Chinese parties and the power-sharing problem -- 2. Historical origin and structure of the KMT system -- KMT's turbulent mainland origin -- Structure of the KMT political system and party -- Organization and expansion of elections -- Political changes after political liberalization -- 3. Power transition and the inherited power structure -- major battlefields -- Scholars in power: changing political elite fortunes -- Change of governing party and the bureaucracy -- To party or not to party? -- Policical opportunism and party stability -- 4. Four cases of politicization -- First blood: the nuclear power plant dispute -- Legislative battles -- Asymmetric integration and symbolic conflicts -- Combining referenda and elections as a political strategy -- 5. Informal political structures and politicization -- Building political support -- Nested pyramid structures -- Political cleavage and the patronage state -- Zaoshi, psychological warfare and the theatrical side of politicization -- 6. Explaining Taiwan's structural politicization -- After the party -- Back to China -- Afterword -- Appendices -- I. Notes on methodological choices -- II. R.O.C. constitutional amendments -- III. R.O.C. presidents, premiers and vice-premiers -- IV. Selected former academics who later pursued a political career
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Political culture -- Taiwan
Democracy -- Taiwan
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Democracy
Political culture
Politics and government
SUBJECT Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85132002
Subject Taiwan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788776946098
8776946096