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Classing ethnicity: Class, ethnicity, and the mass politics of Taiwan's democratic transition / Yang, David D

Yang, David D	Journal Article
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2007.

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Although Taiwan is widely regarded as one of the purest examples of middle-class-driven democratization, this article suggests that the conventional accent on the middle class is misplaced. Instead, the true heroes in the struggle for democracy were the island's working classes, although proper recognition of this fact requires an empirically derived understanding of class that looks beyond formal labor politics. Although the author does not dispute the importance of ethnicity in Taiwanese politics, the findings clearly indicate that ethnic identity was in itself a class issue, as the island's working classes were the most deeply attached to a nativist Taiwanese identity, while members of the middle classes were far more successfully assimilated into the elite "national" culture. The Taiwanese experience thus provides a reminder that many political phenomena apparently framed in ethnic, sectarian terms are in fact undergirded by essentially class-based grievances

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Ethnicity ; Taiwan ; Iran - Democracy - 1941-1953

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ID: 089869

On the verge of a game-changer / Erickson, Andrew S; Yang, David D

Erickson, Andrew S	Journal Article
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Publication	2009.
Summary/Abstract	Chinese antiship ballistic missile could alter the rules in the pacific and place U.S. Navy Carrier strike groups in jeopardy

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China ; ASBM ; Anti Ship Ballistic Missile

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ID: 092701

Using the land to control the sea: Chinese analysts consider the antiship ballistic missile / Erickson, Andrew; Yang, David D

Erickson, Andrew	Journal Article
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2009.

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Sea ; Land ; China - Sea ; Sea - China ; Antiship Ballistic Missile - China ; Ballistic Missile - China ;
China - Ballistic Missile

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