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.
Border Crossing in Greater China: Production, Community and Identity
1st Edition
Edited
By Jenn-hwan Wang
May 25, 2017
China’s transformation from a poor and underdeveloped country into a global market power has profoundly altered its socioeconomic power relations with the other countries in the Greater China region, namely, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Indeed, this economic shift has resulted in the massive flow of ...
Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan: Naming China
1st Edition
By Hui-Ching Chang, Richard Holt
May 25, 2017
Following the move by Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomingtang (KMT) to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the late 1940s, and Chiang’s subsequent lifelong vow to reclaim the mainland, "China " has occupied—if not monopolized—the ...
Political Changes in Taiwan Under Ma Ying-jeou: Partisan Conflict, Policy Choices, External Constraints and Security Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Jacques deLisle
December 07, 2016
In 2008 Ma Ying-jeou was elected President of Taiwan, and the Kuomintang (KMT) returned to power after eight years of rule by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Since taking power, the KMT has faced serious difficulties, as economic growth has been sluggish, society has been polarised over ...
Convergence or Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: The illusion of peace?
1st Edition
By J. Michael Cole
September 28, 2016
Years of rapprochement between Taiwan and China had convinced many that the Taiwan issue had been resolved, and that it was only a matter of time before the two former opponents would reunite under One China. But a reenergized civil society, motivated by civic nationalism and a desire to defend ...
Planning in Taiwan: Spatial Planning in the Twenty-First Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Roger Bristow
December 18, 2015
As a newly industrialised country with highly successful economic growth and political liberation in a short period of time, Taiwan has been viewed as a model for other aspiring countries and regions. This volume focuses on the connection between planning institution and practice and the ...
Taiwan's Economic Transformation: Leadership, Property Rights and Institutional Change 1949-1965
1st Edition
By Tai-Chun Kuo, Ramon H Myers
August 12, 2015
This book tells the story of Taiwan’s economic revolution—how Taiwan transformed itself from a planned economy into a market economy between 1949 and 1965. The authors posit that it was the Kuomintang Government's endorsement of property rights reform and institutional change that enabled Taiwan to...
Politics of Difference in Taiwan
1st Edition
Edited
By T.W. Ngo, Hong-zen Wang
March 13, 2014
Taiwan has been hailed as a successful case of democratization. Compared with many other nations, the transition from authoritarian rule occurred in a rather orderly fashion. Group consciousness emerged as a reaction to the decades-long suppression of cultural diversity under martial law as ...
Documenting Taiwan on Film: Issues and Methods in New Documentaries
1st Edition
Edited
By Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Tze-Lan Deborah Sang
November 07, 2013
To date, there is but a handful of articles on documentary films from Taiwan. This volume seeks to remedy the paucity in this area of research and conduct a systematic analysis of the genre. Each contributor to the volume investigates the various aspects of documentary by focusing on one or two ...
Taiwanese Identity in the 21st Century: Domestic, Regional and Global Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Gunter Schubert, Jens Damm
November 07, 2013
As we look to enter the second decade of the 21st century, Taiwan’s quest for identity remains the most contentious issue in the domestic arena of Taiwanese politics. From here, it spills over into the cross-Strait relationship and impacts on regional and global security. Whether Taiwan is a nation...
Popular Culture in Taiwan: Charismatic Modernity
1st Edition
Edited
By Marc Moskowitz
June 07, 2013
The growing field of popular culture studies in Taiwan can be divided into two distinct academic trends; a different analytical framework is used to examine either locally oriented popular culture or transnational pop culture. This volume combine these two academic trends, firstly by revealing that...
Taiwan, Humanitarianism and Global Governance
1st Edition
By Alain Guilloux
April 26, 2013
In this unique book, Alain Guilloux uses four major elements of governance - namely norms, actors, processes, and outcomes - to examine Taiwan’s national governance as well as its participation in global governance in relation to humanitarian aid. Including case studies on Taiwan’s application to ...