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.
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 ...
Taiwan's Economic and Diplomatic Challenges and Opportunities
1st Edition
Edited
By Mariah Thornton, Robert Ash, Dafydd Fell
January 09, 2023
This book offers a diverse set of perspectives on the current state of Taiwan’s economy and international relations, equally considering the challenges and opportunities that could forge Taiwan’s future. Featuring a range of interdisciplinary approaches, this edited volume has been written by some...
Taiwan’s Contemporary Indigenous Peoples
1st Edition
Edited
By Chia-yuan Huang, Daniel Davies, Dafydd Fell
January 09, 2023
This edited volume provides a complete introduction to critical issues across the field of Indigenous peoples in contemporary Taiwan, from theoretical approaches to empirical analysis. Seeking to inform wider audiences about Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples, this book brings together both leading and ...
Taiwan's Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan
1st Edition
By Dafydd Fell
September 26, 2022
Examining the Green Party Taiwan (GPT) since its establishment through the aftermath of the most recent national elections in January 2020, this book focuses on Taiwan’s most important movement party over the last two and a half decades. Despite its limited electoral impact, its leaders have played...
Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan: A Deliberative Systems Perspective
1st Edition
By Mei-Fang Fan
May 30, 2022
This book is a pioneering analysis of the deliberative systems approach in Taiwan, extending an understanding of Taiwanese democratic politics and consolidating links between theoretical development and a practical application of deliberative practices. As a front-runner of new democracies in...
Literary Representations of “Mainlanders” in Taiwan: Becoming Sinophone
1st Edition
By Phyllis Yu-ting Huang
May 30, 2022
This book examines literary representations of mainlander identity articulated by Taiwan’s second-generation mainlander writers, who share the common feature of emotional ambivalence between Taiwan and China. Closely analyzing literary narratives of Chinese civil war migrants and their descendants ...
Positioning Taiwan in a Global Context: Being and Becoming
1st Edition
Edited
By Bi-yu Chang, Pei-yin Lin
June 30, 2021
Positioning Taiwan in a Global Context examines modern Taiwanese culture through the prism of global cultural interactions. Challenging the view of Taiwan as a product of transience and displacement, it highlights Taiwan’s subjectivity, viewing the island as a site of a global development that ...
Young Adults in Urban China and Taiwan: Aspirations, Expectations, and Life Choices
1st Edition
By Désirée Remmert
June 30, 2021
This book compares aspirations and life choices among educated young adults in urban China and Taiwan. As two places that share a cultural heritage but very different political and economic systems, it assesses how the socio-economic and political trajectories of China and Taiwan have influenced ...
Connecting Taiwan: Participation – Integration – Impacts
1st Edition
Edited
By Carsten Storm
March 31, 2021
Taiwan has often been characterised as an isolated society in its search for sovereignty and security. Its contact with the world in an era of globalization and post-modernity, however, has increasingly led to Taiwanese actors successfully participating in many regional and global fields. In this ...