Social Forces In The Re-Making Of Cross-Strait Relations (Routledge Research On Taiwan Series)
Routledge
ISBN13:
9781032498003
$199.99
Adopting a critical political economy perspective this book sheds new light on the social and political struggles that shaped the political dynamics of Taiwan-China relations and cross-Strait rapprochement between 2008 and 2014. Presenting a careful analysis of primary sources and interviews, the book reconstructs the historical, political and socio-economic factors that shaped Taiwan's path to the Sunflower Movement of 2014, reinterpreting this process as a struggle over Taiwan's role in the global economy. It challenges received wisdoms regarding the rise and fall of the rapprochement: First, the study argues that the rapprochement was not primarily driven by political elites but by capitalist conglomerates within Taiwan, which sought a normalisation of economic relations across the Taiwan Strait. Second, it finds that Taiwan's social movements during that period were not homogeneous but rather struggled to find a common vision that could unite the critics of the rapprochement. The insights provided not only offer a deeper understanding of Taiwan's protest cycle between 2008 and 2014, but also serve to recontextualise the political dynamics in post-Sunflower Taiwan. As such it will appeal to Students and scholars of Taiwan Studies, East Asian Politics and Social Movement Studies.
- | Author: Andre. Beckershoff
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Aug 11, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 292 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1032498005
- | ISBN-13: 9781032498003
- Author:
- Andre. Beckershoff
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication Date:
- Aug 11, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 292 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1032498005
- ISBN-13:
- 9781032498003