Table of Contents

I: Political Reform and Development on Taiwan; 1: Taiwan's Evolution Toward Democracy: A Historical Perspective; 2: The Changing Nature of Taiwan's Politics; 3: Local Politics on Taiwan: Continuity and Change; 4: Classification, Power, and Markets: Waning of the Ethnic Division of Labor; II: Taiwan's Changing Political Economy; 5: Taiwan's Emerging Position in the International Division of Labor; 6: Taiwan's Emerging Technological Trajectory: Creating New Forms of Competitive Advantage; III: Social and Environmental Issues on Taiwan; 7: The Labor Movement in Taiwan: A Retrospective and Prospective Look; 8: Small Fortunes: Class and Society in Taiwan; 9: Environmentalism in Taiwan; 10: Taiwan's Rural Populace: Brought In or Left Out of the Economic Miracle?; IV: Taiwan's External Relations; 11: The ROC's New Foreign Policy Strategy; 12: The Political Economy of Taiwan's International Commercial Links; 13: Taiwan's Emerging Economic Relations with the PRC; V: The Future of Taiwan–PRC Relations; 14: Beijing-Taipei Interaction as a Two-Person Conflict (1949-88); 15: PRC Perceptions of Taiwan's Political Economy; 16: The Role of the United States in Taiwan-PRC Relations; 17: Beijing-Taipei Relations Approaching the Year 2000

About the Author

Michael Ying-Mao Kav, Denis Fred Simon