由中央研究院臺灣研究推動委員會主編，中央研究院臺灣史研究所籌備處出版，全書分為概論、解嚴與政治、解嚴與社會、解嚴與經濟、解嚴與法律、解嚴與文學等六大面向，共收有與解嚴相關之論著十六篇。概論方面，有Juan J. Linz著之“Democracy and Democratization Today”；解嚴與政治方面，有Edwin A. Winckler之“Regime Type and Regime Change on Taiwan: Some Conceptual Issues and Comparative Implications”、蕭全政〈臺灣威權轉型中的國家機關與民間社會〉、劉義周〈解嚴後臺灣政黨體系的發展〉、Steve Tsang（曾銳生）“Chiang Ching-kuo, the Nature of the Kuomintang and the Democratic Breakthrough in Taiwan”、Lowell Dittmer（羅德明）“Chinese Perceptions of Taiwan’s Democratization”、薛化元〈臺灣地方自治體制的歷史考察──以動員戡亂時期為中心的探討〉、朱浤源〈從中華政治制度之類型史看解嚴前後的臺灣〉；解嚴與社會方面，收有瞿海源〈解嚴、宗教自由與宗教發展〉、Murray A. Rubinstein “Returning to Roots, Seeking the Mediated Center, and Redefining Traditions: Charting Responses to Modernity in Taiwan’s Religious Communities Since the Lifting of Martial Law”、蔡采秀〈解嚴與自我殖民〉；解嚴與經濟方面，收有Frank Hsiao and Mei-chu W. Hsiao “Economic Liberalization and Development: The Case of Lifting Martial Law in Taiwan”、 Chu-yuan Cheng（鄭竹園）“Economic Relations Across the Taiwan Straits: Progress
