Taiwan's Political Re-Alignment and Diplomatic Challenges

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii The Turn of Fortune: Realignment in Taiwan’s Domestic Politics and Diplomacy (Wei-chin Lee)....Pages 1-30 Front Matter ....Pages 31-31 The Quality of Democracy in Taiwan (Bruce J. Dickson)....Pages 33-48 Taiwan’s General Elections of 2016 (John Fuh-sheng Hsieh)....Pages 49-69 The Rise of the New Power Party in Taiwan’s 2016 Legislative Election: Reality and Challenges (Ian Tsung-yen Chen, Da-chi Liao)....Pages 71-96 Party’s Issue Competence and Electoral Decisions in Taiwan’s 2012 and 2016 Presidential Elections (Ching-hsin Yu, T. Y. Wang)....Pages 97-116 Front Matter ....Pages 117-117 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)....Pages 119-144 Consensus Found and Consensus Lost: Taiwan’s 2016 Election, the “1992 Consensus,” and Cross-Strait Relations (Wei-chin Lee)....Pages 145-175 The DPP Ascendancy and Cross-Strait Relations (Yu-Shan Wu)....Pages 177-206 Front Matter ....Pages 207-207 American Policy Toward Taiwan-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century (Robert Sutter)....Pages 209-244 Rethinking US Security Commitment to Taiwan (Yuan-kang Wang)....Pages 245-270 Beyond Diplomacy: The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Relations with Southeast Asia (Samuel C. Y. Ku)....Pages 271-295 The Japan-Taiwan Relationship Under the Tsai Ing-wen Administration (Madoka Fukuda)....Pages 297-322 Back Matter ....Pages 323-330