Taiwan: National Identity and Democratization

Alan M. Wachman is the American Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies on the campus of Nanjing University in China. He received both an A.B. in East Asian art history and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University and a master’s degree in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. His research about Taiwan was informed by three years of work and study in Taichung and Taipei.

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Nationalism and Identity; Chapter 2 Democracy and Democratization; Chapter 3 Conflicting Identities On Taiwan; Chapter 4 The Origins of Taiwanese Identity; Chapter 5 Opposition and the Course of Reform; Chapter 6 The Rhetoric and Symbolism of Politics; Chapter 7 The Politics of Elections; Chapter 8 The Impetus for and Impediments to Democratization; Conclusion;