Muthiah Alagappa

Taiwan's Presidential Politics (eBook, PDF)

Democratization and Cross-strait Relations in the Twenty-first Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The March 2000 presidential election was an important milestone in the democratic development of Taiwan. This volume addresses the variety of effects that Taiwan's democratic development and the election will have on domestic policy in the region, and the prospects for democratic consolidation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315499123
• Artikelnr.: 48958657

Autorenporträt

Muthiah Alagappa

Inhaltsangabe

Eastern Turkestan
now known as Xinjiang or the "New Territory
" makes up a sixth of China's land mass. Absorbed by the Qing in the 1880s and re-conquered by Mao in 1949
this Turkic-Muslim region of China's remote northwest borders on formerly Sovier Central Asia
Afghanistan
Kashmir
Mongolia
and Tibet. Will Xinjiang participate in China's twenty-first century ascendancy
or will nascent Islamic radicalism in Xinjiang expand the orbit of instability in a dangerous part of the world? The authors of this comprehensive survey have combined their fieldwork experience
linguistic skills
and disciplinary expertise to assemble the first multifaceted introduction to Xinjiang. The volume surveys the region's geography; its history of military and political subjugation to China; economic
social
and commercial conditions; demography
public health
and ecology; and patterns of adaptation
resistance
opposition
and evolving identities.