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Confucianism, democratization, and human rights in Taiwan / Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 107 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780739173015
  • 0739173014
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Confucianism, democratization, and human rights in TaiwanDDC classification:
  • 299.5/121720951249 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1844.T28
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)521722

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.

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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.