Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena: Entering the United Nations: Entering the United Nations (Taiwan in the Modern World (M.E. Sharpe Paperback))

Emerging as a formidable opposition party in Taiwan in 1986, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is now a major new challenger on the island's political scene. The DPP presently controls over one-third of parlimentary votes and over 40 percent of the popular vote. it has broken the Kuomintang's monopoly of power and now plays an ever-expanding role in Taiwan's major policy debates. Balancing practice and theory, this important book presents a dialog between the DPP's policy makers and the leading critics from the international scholarly community. As the first comprehensive exposition and analysis of the party's foreign policy ever presented in English, this volume is a timely addition to scholarship in Taiwan studies which will be welcomed by political scientists, Taiwan specialists, and policy makers. Emerging as a formidable opposition party in Taiwan in 1986, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is now a major challenger on the island's political scene. This text presents a dialogue between DPP's policy-makers and the leading critics from the international scholarly community.