Co-authored by four high-profile International Relations scholars, this book investigates the implications of the global ascent of China on cross-Strait relations and the identity of Taiwan as a democratic state.
Examining an array of factors that affect identity formation, the authors consider the influence of the rapid military and economic rise of China on Taiwan’s identity. Their assessment offers valuable insights into which policies have the best chance of resulting in peaceful relations and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait and builds a new theory of identity at elite and mass levels. It also possesses implications for the United States-led world order and today’s most critical great power competition.
Daftar Isi
Identity in the Shadow of a Giant: How the Rise of China Is Changing Taiwan
Taiwan in Historical Perspective
The Problématique of Taiwanese Identity
Theorizing about Identity, Change in Capabilities and Dyadic Relations: An Approach Based on Analytic Eclecticism and Systemism
Elite Reflections
Popular Reflections (Survey I)
Factors Influencing Identifying Only as Taiwanese: A Layered Empirical Approach (Survey II)
A New Vision of Taiwanese Identity, the Rise of China, Cross-Strait Relations and the United States in Northeast Asia
Tentang Penulis
Patrick James is the Dornsife Dean’s Professor of the School of International Relations, University of Southern California. He has published 30 books and 150 articles and chapters. He served as President of the International Studies Association for 2018-19.