Democracy on Trial: Social Movements and Cultural Politics in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan by Chuang, Ya-Chung

Democracy on Trial: Social Movements and Cultural Politics in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789629965464)

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Democracy on Trial: Social Movements and Cultural Politics in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan by Chuang, Ya-Chung

Democracy on Trial: Social Movements and Cultural Politics in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan

$45.00

Democracy on Trial: Social Movements and Cultural Politics in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan

$45.00
Format: Hardcover
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Writing "an ethnography of democracy," Ya-Chung Chuang masterfully describes and analyzes a multifaceted Taiwanese society. Contradicting mainstream research on political cultures, which relies heavily on survey data and statistical analysis, Ya-Chung Chuang produces an anthropologically inspired, contextually rich study using original source materials. He traces a genealogy of pivotal concepts, such as sovereignty, identity, and locality, at the heart of Taiwan's democratic discourse and relates the experience of democracy as "a way of life" from the viewpoints of a variety of subjects, including social movement participants, urban community members, and ethnic activists. His book explores the loaded meaning of democracy.

Author: Ya-Chung Chuang
ISBN-10: 9629965461
ISBN-13: 9789629965464
Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2013
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

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By Ya-Chung Chuang
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Ya-Chung Chuang has a Ph.D. from Duke University and teaches anthropology in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.

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