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Fetzer, Joel S.

Confucianism, democratization, and human rights in Taiwan / Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper. - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013. - 1 online resource (xvii, 107 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-97) and index.

Confucianism and democratization in east asia -- Confucian values and elite support for liberal democracy in Taiwan -- The effect of Confucian values on public support for democratization and human rights in Taiwan -- The treatment of confucianism in Taiwanese textbooks before and after democratization -- The role of confucianism in Taiwanese legislative debates over democratization and human rights -- Toward a liberal-democratic confucianism: evidence from Taiwan.

Evaluating the "Asian values" thesis in Taiwan, Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan, by Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper, concludes that while Confucian values were used to bolster authoritarianism under martial law and played little role in democratization, they are now being reinterpreted in a pro-democratic direction. Based on elite interviews, survey research, and content analysis of legislative debates and public school textbooks, this study makes a much-needed empirical contribution to the largely theoretical debate about the political effects of Confucianism.


English.

ISBN: 9780739173015 0739173014

Source: 425289 MIL

LCCN: 2021678752

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Confucianism--Taiwan.
Democratization--Taiwan.
Human rights--Taiwan.
Confucianisme--Taiwan.
Démocratisation--Taiwan.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Taiwan.
RELIGION--Confucianism.
Confucianism
Democratization
Human rights
Human rights.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Taiwan

LC Class. No.: BL1844.T28

Dewey Class. No.: 299.5/121720951249