From Opposition to Power : : Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party /

From Opposition to Power : : Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party / / Shelley Rigger.

On March 18, 2000, Taiwan's voters stunned the world by choosing Chen Shui-bian, the candidate of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), to be their president. A host of new issues quickly became the subject of debate. What is the DPP? Where did it come from and what does it stand f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Rigger, Shelley,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (225 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A Brief History of the Democratic Progressive Party
  • 3 Roadblocks on the DPP’s Path to Power
  • 4 Organization
  • 5 Factionalism
  • 6 Decisionmaking
  • 7 Platform, Policy, and Strategy
  • 8 How the Public Views the DPP
  • 9 Breakthrough to Power: The March 18, 2000, Presidential Election
  • 10 The DPP Enters the Twenty-first Century
  • Appendix: Rising Stars in the Young Generation
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book

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