SHAOHUA HU is Associate Professor at Wagner College, where he chairs the Department of Government and Politics and coordinates the International Affairs Program. A former fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, he is writing a book that compares major powers' policies toward cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

• Introduction Historical Legacies and Democracy Local Forces and Democracy The World System and Democracy Socialist Values and Democracy Economic Development and Democracy Explanation and Prediction Bibliography

SHAOHUA HU is Associate Professor at Wagner College, where he chairs the Department of Government and Politics and coordinates the International Affairs Program. A former fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, he is writing a book that compares major powers' policies toward cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

• Introduction Historical Legacies and Democracy Local Forces and Democracy The World System and Democracy Socialist Values and Democracy Economic Development and Democracy Explanation and Prediction Bibliography

SHAOHUA HU is Associate Professor at Wagner College, where he chairs the Department of Government and Politics and coordinates the International Affairs Program. A former fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, he is writing a book that compares major powers' policies toward cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

• Introduction Historical Legacies and Democracy Local Forces and Democracy The World System and Democracy Socialist Values and Democracy Economic Development and Democracy Explanation and Prediction Bibliography