Understanding modern Taiwan : essays in economics, politics, and social policy / edited by Christian Aspalter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: I The Taiwanese Economic Miracle: -- From Sugarcane to High-Technology -- Christian Aspalter -- 2 New Patterns of Taiwanese Emigration: Capital-linked Migratio -- and its Importance for Economic Development -- Tseng Yen-fen -- 3 Taiwanese Identity in a Global/Local Context: The Use and -- Abuse of National Consciousness in Taiwan -- Chuang Ya-chung -- 4 Liberalization and Democratization in Taiwan -- Christian Schafferer -- 5 Taiwan's Nuclear Policy and Anti-Nuclear Movement -- Christian Schafferer -- 6 Labor Policies in Transition in Democratizing Taiwan -- Cheng Wei-yuan -- 7 The Development of Social Welfare in Taiwan -- Chan Hou-sheng and Yang Ying -- 8 Taiwan's Social Welfare Movement Since the 1980s -- Hsiao Hsin-huang -- 9 On the Road to a Taiwanese Welfare State: Political Parties -- Capitalizing on the Issue of Social Welfare -- Christian Aspalter -- Index.