A Step Toward Democracy

December 1989 Elections in Taiwan, Republic of China
In 1989, for the first time since 1947, the ruling nationalist party in the Republic of China in Taiwan competed in free elections with other major political parties for the right to govern. This work describes the results of the national, provincial and local electoral contests.
In the difficult transition from an authoritarian regime to a democracy, in the Republic of China in Taiwan, the elections of 1989 assumed a particular importance. For the first time since 1947, the ruling nationalist party competed in free elections with other major political parties for the right to govern. In this book, the author describes results of the national, provincial and local electoral contests. He emphasizes the strides made by the ruling party to modernize the political institutions as it successfully modernized the economic institutions of the republic. The future of the fledgling democracy is uncertain, he argues, as Taiwan faces increasing internal conflict over independence and a continuing external threat from the mainland.

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