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050		4	_aJQ1536 _b.C584 2013
082	0	4	_a320.951249
100	1		_aChuang, Ya-Chung, _d1965- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDemocracy on trial _h[electronic resource] : _bsocial movements and cultural politics in postauthoritarian Taiwan / _cYa-Chung Chuang.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aHong Kong [China] : _bChinese University Press, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xix, 269 pages) :) _billustrations.
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.
505	0		_aPreface -- Introduction -- Part I. State and civil society -- Democracy's dawn : "quiet revolution" in a national crisis -- Democracy in action : the making of social movement webs -- Talking democracy : from normalized political processes to politicized everyday life -- Part II. Identity and ethnicity -- Reflexive democracy : Bentu and its discontent -- Democracy as dream : ethnicity and the politics of recognition -- Part III. Place and politics -- (en)gendering democracy : Shequ and urban neighborhood organizing -- Walking democracy : street life and local politics in a Taipei neighborhood -- Epilogue : democracy unbound -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aWriting "an ethnography of democracy," Ya-Chung Chuang masterfully describes and analyzes a multifaceted Taiwanese society. Contradicting mainstream research on political cultures, which relies heavily on survey data and statistical analysis, Ya-Chung Chuang produces an anthropologically inspired, contextually rich study using original source materials. He traces a genealogy of pivotal concepts, such as sovereignty, identity, and locality, at the heart of Taiwan's democratic discourse and relates the experience of democracy as "a way of life" from the viewpoints of a variety of subjects, including social movement participants, urban community members, and ethnic activists. His book explores the loaded meaning of democracy.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aPolitics and culture _zTaiwan.
650		0	_aSocial movements _zTaiwan.
650		0	_aDemocracy _zTaiwan.
651		0	_aTaiwan _xPolitics and government.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9629965461 _z9789629965464
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789629969202/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34453 _d34453