| ID | 114786 |
| Title Proper | Liberalist variation in Taiwan |
| Other Title Information | four democratization orientations |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wang, Hung-jen |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article discusses the role of Taiwanese scholars in the country's democratization process. The author contends that liberal scholars have discursively and operationally shaped the process by using a mix of liberalist values and nationalist concerns to analyze their country's democratization process. The author differentiates between four types of liberalist orientations to Taiwanese democratization - universal, moderate, pragmatic and nationalist - and argues that a valid understanding of democratization in Taiwan has never emerged in a way that adequately responds to a liberalist perspective of the country's ongoing political development. Instead, such an understanding has been subjectively influenced by liberal intellectuals writing on the subject. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Vol. 41, No.3; 2012: p.93-116 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Vol. 41, No.3; 2012: p.93-116 |
| Key Words | Taiwan ; Democratization ; Taiwanese Scholars ; Liberalism ; Democracy ; Political Ideologies and Doctrines ; East Asia ; Politics |