Taiwan's Party Politics and Cross-Strait Relations in Evolution (2008-2018)

• Main Author: Lin, Gang (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Asia-Politics and government.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Elections.; Asian Politics.; Asian Economics.; Electoral Politics.

This book explores the dynamics of party politics in Taiwan and cross-Strait relations over the past decade. While power transfer from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) back to the pro-status quo Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, KMT) in 2008 ushered a great leap of cross-...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Dynamics of Party Politics in Taiwan
• 3. Politics of Identity in Taiwan
• 4. Taipei's Policy Toward the Mainland
• 5. Beijing's Policy Toward Taiwan
• 6. Political Economy of Cross-Strait Relations
• 7. Conclusion.