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Aiming to fill a perceived gap in the literature on Taiwan, Fell (School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London, UK), Kloter (School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies of Leiden U., the Netherlands), and Chang (Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK) present these 13 essays in an dual effort to describe the recent political, economic, social, and cultural history of Taiwan since the 1990s and provide comparative treatment of the late years of the Kuomintang regime to the era of the Democratic People's Party, which replaced it in the 2000 elections. Topics include Taiwanese party politics, relations with the People's Republic of China, financial reform, labor policy, Taiwan's women's movement, the environmental movement, national culture and the state, language policy, the media, government policy on religion, and the role of Taiwan's Government Information Office in international propaganda affairs and domestic media control. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
