This edited volume investigates and evaluates the context, causes, and consequences of various essential issues in Taiwanese domestic politics and external relations before and after the regime change in 2016. It offers theoretical interpretation and temporal delineation of recent electoral shifts, party realignment, identity reformulation, and subsequent foreign policy adaptation in the 2010s. Contributors address these issues in three sections-"Democracy and New Political Landscape," "The China Factor and Cross-Strait Dilemma," and "Taiwan's International Way-out"-to advance conclusions about Taiwan's political transformation from both comparative and international perspectives. Wei-chin Lee is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University, USA.

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Wei-chin Lee is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University, USA.

Inhalt

1. The Turn of Fortune: Re-alignment in Taiwan's Domestic Politics and Diplomacy

Wei-chin Lee

Democracy and New Political Landscape

2. The Quality of Democracy in Taiwan

Bruce J. Dickson

3. Taiwan's General Elections of 2016

John Fuh-sheng Hsieh

4. The Rise of New Power Party in Taiwan's 2016 Legislative Election: Reality and Challenges

Ian Tsung-yen Chen and Da-chi Liao

5. Party's Issue Competence and Electoral Decisions in Taiwan's 2012 and 2016 Presidential Elections

Ching-hsin Yu and T.Y. Wang

The China Factor and Taiwan's Cross-Strait Dilemma

6. A Comparative Study of the China Factor in Taiwan and Hong Kong Elections

Karl Ho

Stan Hok-wui Wong

Harold D. Clarke

Kuan-Chen Lee

7. Consensus Found and Consensus Lost: Taiwan's 2016 Election, the 1992 Consensus, and Cross-Strait Relations

Wei-chin Lee

8. The DPP Ascendancy and Cross-Strait Relations

Yu-Shan Wu**

Taiwan's International Way-out

9. American Policy toward Taiwan-China Relations in the 21st Century

Robert Sutter

10. Rethinking U.S. Security Commitment to Taiwan

Yuan-kang Wang

11. Beyond Diplomacy: The Political Economy of Taiwan's Relations with Southeast Asia

Samuel C. Y. Ku

• * 12. The Japan-Taiwan Relations under the Tsai Ing-wen Administration

*Madoka Fukuda

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