Chih-Yu Shih is chair and professor in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University.

Shih is an outstanding scholar. This book will further consolidate this reputation. More specifically, the book speaks directly to hotly contested terrain (both in the realm of Taiwanese politics and the discipline of political science). In it, Shih presses his readers to reconsider what we think we already know about both Taiwanese democratization and democratic theory. In so doing, he proposes a series of challenging questions regarding recent developments on the island (and in the international sphere). This is no small accomplishment, especially as the vast majority of books written about Taiwan fall well short of such a goal.

• Part 1 Introduction: Political Theory and TaiwanPart 2 Part I: The Taiwan Success RevisitedChapter 3 Not about Human RightsChapter 4 Not about LiberalismPart 5 Part II: The "Rational Actor" BackfireChapter 6 The Loss of the Median VoterChapter 7 The Loss of an AllyPart 8 Part III: Political Theory in PracticeChapter 9 Back from the FutureChapter 10 The World Timing of Un-Chinese ConsciousnessPart 11 Part IV: Two Theses on Confucian DemocracyChapter 12 Parenting PersonalityChapter 13 Beyond the State-Society DividePart 14 Conclusion: Political Theory for Democratic Ontology

Chih-Yu Shih is chair and professor in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University.

Shih is an outstanding scholar. This book will further consolidate this reputation. More specifically, the book speaks directly to hotly contested terrain (both in the realm of Taiwanese politics and the discipline of political science). In it, Shih presses his readers to reconsider what we think we already know about both Taiwanese democratization and democratic theory. In so doing, he proposes a series of challenging questions regarding recent developments on the island (and in the international sphere). This is no small accomplishment, especially as the vast majority of books written about Taiwan fall well short of such a goal.

• Part 1 Introduction: Political Theory and TaiwanPart 2 Part I: The Taiwan Success RevisitedChapter 3 Not about Human RightsChapter 4 Not about LiberalismPart 5 Part II: The "Rational Actor" BackfireChapter 6 The Loss of the Median VoterChapter 7 The Loss of an AllyPart 8 Part III: Political Theory in PracticeChapter 9 Back from the FutureChapter 10 The World Timing of Un-Chinese ConsciousnessPart 11 Part IV: Two Theses on Confucian DemocracyChapter 12 Parenting PersonalityChapter 13 Beyond the State-Society DividePart 14 Conclusion: Political Theory for Democratic Ontology

Chih-Yu Shih is chair and professor in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University.

Shih is an outstanding scholar. This book will further consolidate this reputation. More specifically, the book speaks directly to hotly contested terrain (both in the realm of Taiwanese politics and the discipline of political science). In it, Shih presses his readers to reconsider what we think we already know about both Taiwanese democratization and democratic theory. In so doing, he proposes a series of challenging questions regarding recent developments on the island (and in the international sphere). This is no small accomplishment, especially as the vast majority of books written about Taiwan fall well short of such a goal.

• Part 1 Introduction: Political Theory and TaiwanPart 2 Part I: The Taiwan Success RevisitedChapter 3 Not about Human RightsChapter 4 Not about LiberalismPart 5 Part II: The "Rational Actor" BackfireChapter 6 The Loss of the Median VoterChapter 7 The Loss of an AllyPart 8 Part III: Political Theory in PracticeChapter 9 Back from the FutureChapter 10 The World Timing of Un-Chinese ConsciousnessPart 11 Part IV: Two Theses on Confucian DemocracyChapter 12 Parenting PersonalityChapter 13 Beyond the State-Society DividePart 14 Conclusion: Political Theory for Democratic Ontology