PETER C.Y. CHOW is Professor of Economics at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Consultant for the World Bank, and the editor of the companion volume Taiwan in the Global Economy (Praeger, 2001).

Introduction
Taiwan's Modernization: Its Achievements and Challenges by Peter C.Y. Chow
Democracy-Its Strengths and Challenges in Taiwan and on the Global Stage by Robert A. Scalapino
Constitutional Reforms and Development of Rule of Law
Constitutional Reforms and Modernization in Taiwan, 1945-2000 by Jiunn-Rong Yeh
Think Globally, Do Locally--Internationalizing Taiwan's Human Rights Regime by Fort Fu-Te Liao and Jau-Yuan Hwang
Economic Implications of the Rule of Law: The Case of Taiwan by Wang Wen Yeu
Global Markets, Virtual Buisness, and Local Law: ROC Regulations of E-Commerce by Jane Kaufman Winn, Jimmy Chi-min Yu, and Spenser Y.C. Hor
Democratic Transition and Consolidation
Demmocratization and the Evolving Nature of Parties, Issues, and Constituencies in the ROC by Cal Clark
Structural Obstacles to Democratic Progressive Party Success by Shelly Rigger
Economic Performance and Democratic Transition: Stylized Paradoxes and Taiwan's Experience by Steve Chan
State-Business Relationship in Taiwan: A Political Economy Perspective by Tun-jen Cheng and Yun-han Chu
Globalization and International Status
Globalization and Modernization: The Predicament of Sovereign Status for Taiwan by Thomas Bellows
The Two-State Theory and Cross-Strait Relations: A Two-Level Game Perspective by Chia-Lung Lin
Taiwan Can Say NO by Edward Chen
Experiences and Major Policies in Taiwan's Development by Kuang-sheng Liao
Modernization and Social Developments
Family Planning and Taiwan's Modernization by Hui-Sheng Lin
The Effect of Modernization on the Family and Kinship Patterns of Three Generations of Taiwanese by Robert M. Marsh
Taiwan's Modernization--Women's Changing Role by Ching-chun Yi
Modernization and the Emergence of Social Welfare Programs in Taiwan by Wen Hui Tsai

In five decades, Taiwan has shifted from an authoritarian regime to a multi-party democracy, has moved steadily toward modernization, and has become an economically affluent, socially pluralistic society. Its experience provides valuable lessons for developing countries. This book offers a critical assessment of Taiwan's path to modernization, focusing particularly on developments of constitutional democracy and the rule of law, democratic transition and consolidation, internationalization and globalization, and social developments.
From its market economy to its democratization, Taiwan provides a valuable case study. On social developments, it provides a unique model of demographic transition, rising women's social status, and the emergence of the nuclear family. In eighteen chapters written by prominent scholars, this book examines the multiple aspects of Taiwan's modernization in a global perspective.