https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Beyond-Fear-and-Complacency-Critical-Remarks-on-Taiwan-s-Democracy-and-Its https://internationalviewpoint.org/Beyond-Fear-and-Complacency-Critical-Remarks-on-Taiwan-s-Democracy-and-Its 2015-08-14T09:08:09Z text/html en Poe Yu-ze Wan China Taiwan <p>Both inside and outside Taiwan, the research on Taiwan's democratization has been overwhelmingly dominated by Western liberal discourses. In the mainstream liberal view, to the extent that the “most powerful collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest, and periodic elections in which candidates freely compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote” (Huntington, 1991: 7), Taiwan was no doubt democratic by 1996, a year marked by the first direct election for president (see e.g., Rigger, 1999).</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Features-" rel="directory">Features</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-China-+" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Taiwan-+" rel="tag">Taiwan</a>