Routledge Research on Taiwan Series
About the Book Series
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the books will cover topics such as politics, economic development, culture, society, anthropology and history.
This new book series will include the best possible scholarship from the social sciences and the humanities and welcomes submissions from established authors in the field as well as from younger authors. In addition to research monographs and edited volumes general works or textbooks with a broader appeal will be considered.
The Series is advised by an international Editorial Board and edited by Dafydd Fell of the Centre of Taiwan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Contemporary Taiwan: More than a Flashpoint
1st Edition
Edited
By Kristina Kironska, Eunika Rejtová Yang
November 25, 2025
This new textbook presents an excellent introduction to the most important aspects of contemporary Taiwanese society, politics, economy, and international relations in a comprehensive and reader-friendly way. Illustrating that Taiwan is more than just a military hot spot – also as a vibrant ...
Money God Temples in Taiwan: Transcendence and Metaphysics in Chinese Religion
1st Edition
By Fabian Graham
November 24, 2025
This book traces the history and development of Taiwan’s new money god tradition, where, by borrowing a small sum of blessed ‘fortune money’ and returning it with interest within a year, a temple’s deity may intervene in the recipient’s life, bringing them unearned good luck and good fortune. ...
Taiwan's Semiconductor Miracle: From Periphery to Core
1st Edition
By Tain-Jy Chen, Chin-Tay Shih
November 18, 2025
This book examines how a series of inconceivable developments in the semiconductor industry over the last forty years shaped modern Taiwan. Covering one of the most dramatic episodes in modern technology history, this book outlines the ascent of a resource-impoverished and technology-disadvantaged ...
Identity, Multiplicity, and Resistance in Taiwanese Poetry
1st Edition
Edited
By Wen-chi Li
April 04, 2025
Li and his contributors explore how Taiwanese poets conceptualize their identities, employing multiple voices to challenge political hegemony and re-evaluate Taiwan’s colonial legacy and nationalism. Poetry in Taiwan exists at the intersection of Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Japanese languages and ...
Taiwan's Democracy: Economic and Political Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Ash, John W. Garver, Penelope Prime
January 30, 2025
Taiwan’s rapid industrialization during the 1960s and 1970s, combined with the democratic revolution that began with the lifting of martial law in 1987 were of deep historic importance. Over the next decade Taiwan’s "political miracle" matched its earlier "economic miracle" creating a vibrant ...
Social Forces in the Re-Making of Cross-Strait Relations: Hegemony and Social Movements in Taiwan
1st Edition
By André Beckershoff
December 18, 2024
Adopting a critical political economy perspective this book sheds new light on the social and political struggles that shaped the political dynamics of Taiwan-China relations and cross-Strait rapprochement between 2008 and 2014. Presenting a careful analysis of primary sources and interviews, the ...
Taiwan’s COVID-19 Experience: Governance, Governmentality, and the Global Pandemic
1st Edition
Edited
By Ming-Cheng M. Lo, Yu-Yueh Tsai, Michael Shiyung Liu
June 21, 2024
This book explores and develops the ongoing conversation about how Taiwan navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic. Emphasizing the themes of governance and governmentality, it moves the foci of the discussion from COVID policies to the social and political orders undergirding the statecraft of ...
Switching Diplomatic Recognition Between Taiwan and China: Economic and Social Impact
1st Edition
Edited
By Chien-Huei Wu
April 04, 2024
This book examines the economic and social impacts of switching diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China, and vice versa, and investigates how China achieves its foreign policy objective of dissuading Taiwan’s diplomatic partners and other third parties from engaging with Taiwan. Highlighting the ...
The Social Construction of the Ocean and Modern Taiwan
1st Edition
By Kuang-hao Hou
January 29, 2024
This book interprets the meanings of the uses, regulations, and representations of the ocean undertaken by the state and other societal power sources in modern Taiwan between 1949 and 2016. Following Michael Mann’s historical sociology and Philip Steinberg’s political geography, the book analyses ...
Resounding Taiwan: Musical Reverberations Across a Vibrant Island
1st Edition
Edited
By Nancy Guy
May 31, 2023
This book vibrantly demonstrates how the study of music allows for identification and interpretation of the forces that form Taiwanese society, from politics and policy to reactions to and assertions of such policies. Contributors to this edited volume explore how music shapes life — and life ...
Taiwan During the First Administration of Tsai Ing-wen: Navigating in Stormy Waters
1st Edition
Edited
By Gunter Schubert, Chun-yi Lee
May 31, 2023
This book offers a substantive assessment of the first Tsai Ing-wen administration, investigating different policy fields and issues from 2016 to 2020, prior to Tsai’s election for a second term. Providing a balanced account of government performance under Tsai’s Ing-wen’s reign, chapters in this ...
Taiwan in the Era of Tsai Ing-wen: Changes and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By June Teufel Dreyer, Jacques deLisle
January 09, 2023
This book assesses the forces that led to the election of Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 2016 and re-election in 2020, and provides the first comprehensive treatment of this pivotal period in Taiwan’s politics, policy, and international relations. The Democratic ...