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Democracy (Made in Taiwan) argues that post-colonialism and Confucianism met at the historical moment when democratization and liberalization occurred in Taiwan. The familiar political science standards take little note of either Confucianism or postcolonialism. In fact, these standards are unbalanced, wishful, and Washington-centric, and result in a misunderstanding of Taiwan's performance. The liberal bias blinds international observers to the hybrid characteristics embedded in Taiwan's postcolonial history. Although this book is not about failing states per se, its criticism of the standards of success alludes to the problematic nature of the mainstream view of failing states. In many aspects, Taiwan is a disguised failure, or even a fake, in the sense that its democratization adopts a populist identity strategy rather than a liberal one. In addition, its foreign policy compliance to hegemonic leadership is characterized by anti-China determination, instead of a realist approach involving the calculation of power.Having said this, the book does not criticize Taiwan for'failing'liberalism, in order to prevent the liberal teleology from lingering on. Instead, Taiwan serves as an a

Author

Chih-Yu Shih

Publisher

Lexington Books/Fortress Academic

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780739125113

Subjects

Political Science, Philosophy, Humanities