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Democratizing Oriental Despotism
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Democratizing Oriental Despotism

China from 4 May 1919 to 4 June 1989 and Taiwan from 28 February 1947 to 28 June 1990

von C. Chiou

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ISBN
9780230389687
Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan UK (London)
Erschienen
23.08.1995
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
178
Einband
EA
Kategorie
Nonbooks, PBS / Politikwissenschaft/Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft

Beschreibung

China and Taiwan have similar political cultures. However, Chinese intellectual and political elite have failed to democratize the Middle Kingdom since the 4 May 1919 Movement: whilst their Taiwanese counterpart succeeded in making the island state fairly democratic in just over four decades since the 28 February 1947 Uprising. After an examination of the approaches they applied, the author finds that the former have pursued a culturalist road by trying to change the psycho-cultural make-up of the Chinese people: whilst the latter followed an institutionalist one in which they tried to win elections and to set up political organizations, such as parties.