Alternate Civilities

Democracy And Culture In China And Taiwan

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Social Science
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Author: Robert Paul Weller ISBN: 9780429982002
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: February 19, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Robert Paul Weller
ISBN: 9780429982002
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: February 19, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Alternate Civilities is an anthropologist's answer to the argument that China's cultural tradition renders it incapable of achieving an open political system. Robert Weller draws on his knowledge of both China and Taiwan to show how such sweeping claims fail to take account of potential democratic stimuli among local-level associations such as business organizations, religious groups, environmental movements, and women's networks. These groups were pivotal in Taiwan's democratic transition, and they are thriving in the new free space that has opened up in China. They do not promise a clone of Western civil society, but they do show the possibility of an alternate civility.

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Alternate Civilities is an anthropologist's answer to the argument that China's cultural tradition renders it incapable of achieving an open political system. Robert Weller draws on his knowledge of both China and Taiwan to show how such sweeping claims fail to take account of potential democratic stimuli among local-level associations such as business organizations, religious groups, environmental movements, and women's networks. These groups were pivotal in Taiwan's democratic transition, and they are thriving in the new free space that has opened up in China. They do not promise a clone of Western civil society, but they do show the possibility of an alternate civility.

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