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Taiwan History (2023)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. Taiwan History. In The Far East and Australasia 2024 (55th Edition). Europa Publications

Taiwan History (2022)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2022). Taiwan History. In The Far East and Australasia 2023 (54th Edition). Europa Publications

Environmental Protection after Taiwan’s Democratic Consolidation: Is Democracy Working for the Environment? (2022)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2022). Environmental Protection after Taiwan’s Democratic Consolidation: Is Democracy Working for the Environment?. In J. F.-S. Hseih, & R. Cox (Eds.), Democratic Governance in Taiwan. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003314592-7

This chapter examines how Taiwan's democracy has performed in the area of environmental protection in its democratic consolidation period. The success of Taiwan's environmental movement is considered through its sensitizing, procedural, structural, s... Read More about Environmental Protection after Taiwan’s Democratic Consolidation: Is Democracy Working for the Environment?.

Taiwan’s Political Parties and Party Systems (2022)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2022). Taiwan’s Political Parties and Party Systems. In G. Schubert (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003389910-8

This chapter reviews the existing research and key trends of continuity and change in Taiwan’s party politics. Rather than examining all Taiwan’s registered parties, the chapter’s focus is on relevant parties that have won a certain share of votes an... Read More about Taiwan’s Political Parties and Party Systems.

Tongzhi Diplomacy and the Queer Case of Taiwan (2021)
Book Chapter
Chen, N.-C., & Fell, D. (2021). Tongzhi Diplomacy and the Queer Case of Taiwan. In M. Thornton, B. Ash, & D. Fell (Eds.), Taiwan's Economic and Diplomatic Challenges and Opportunities. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003091639-12

In spite of facing intense pressure and international isolation from China, Taiwan has developed a reputation as one of the most democratic and liberal states in Asia. The legalisation of same-sex marriage in May 2019 signals the progress of human ri... Read More about Tongzhi Diplomacy and the Queer Case of Taiwan.

East Asian Area Studies Teaching Programmes in the United Kingdom: A Comparative Case Study of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and Taiwan Studies at SOAS, University of London (2021)
Book Chapter
Fell, D., & Lim, S. (2021). East Asian Area Studies Teaching Programmes in the United Kingdom: A Comparative Case Study of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and Taiwan Studies at SOAS, University of London. In B. Jacobs, N. Alsford, & S. Lim (Eds.), Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison (159-181). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004461314_008

This chapter compares two area studies teaching programs: Taiwan Studies at SOAS, University of London; and Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). In both cases, humanities, linguistics and social sciences have been well inte... Read More about East Asian Area Studies Teaching Programmes in the United Kingdom: A Comparative Case Study of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and Taiwan Studies at SOAS, University of London.

Auntie Tiger: Li Ang (2021)
Book Chapter
(2021). Auntie Tiger: Li Ang. In H. Goldblatt, & S. Li-chun Lin (Eds.), A Son of Taiwan: Stories of Government Atrocity (113-142). Cambria Press

Recentring the National Self: The Trajectory of National Selfhood in Social Studies education (2021)
Book Chapter
Chang, B.-Y. (2021). Recentring the National Self: The Trajectory of National Selfhood in Social Studies education. In C. Shei (Ed.), Taiwan: Manipulation of Ideology and Struggle for Identity (36-54). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351047845-4

This chapter considers how the ‘national self’ is constructed through primary education and its impact on students’ identity. Combing through the 72 social studies textbooks and mapping out various self-references, it traces the genealogy of the idea... Read More about Recentring the National Self: The Trajectory of National Selfhood in Social Studies education.

The Impact of Social Movements (2020)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2020). The Impact of Social Movements. In K. Templeman, Y.-H. Chu, & L. Diamond (Eds.), Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years. Lynne Rienner

The Relationship between Mainstream and Movement Parties in Taiwan: Case Studies of the New Power Party (NPP) and the Green Party Taiwan-Social Democratic Party Alliance (GPT/SDP) (2020)
Book Chapter
Fell, D., & Kwan, T. C. Y. (2020). The Relationship between Mainstream and Movement Parties in Taiwan: Case Studies of the New Power Party (NPP) and the Green Party Taiwan-Social Democratic Party Alliance (GPT/SDP). In D. Chiavacci, S. Grano, & J. Obinger (Eds.), Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth (167-185). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/00.12657/38237

Since democratization began in the mid-1980s, Taiwan’s party system has been dominated by two parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). However, smaller parties have at times played an important role, bringing diversit... Read More about The Relationship between Mainstream and Movement Parties in Taiwan: Case Studies of the New Power Party (NPP) and the Green Party Taiwan-Social Democratic Party Alliance (GPT/SDP).

Televised Election Debates in Multi-party Taiwan (2020)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2020). Televised Election Debates in Multi-party Taiwan. In J. Juárez-Gámiz, C. Holtz-Bacha, & A. Schroeder (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook on Electoral Debates. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429331824-29

When Taiwan began its democratic transition in the late 1980s, political communication was still largely monopolised by the authoritarian party state. Since then there has been a remarkable transformation in political campaigning. Televised electoral... Read More about Televised Election Debates in Multi-party Taiwan.

Taiwan Studies Revisited (2019)
Book Chapter
Fell, D., & Hsiao, H.-H. M. (2019). Taiwan Studies Revisited. In D. Fell, & H.-H. M. Hsiao (Eds.), Taiwan Studies Revisited (1-12). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429259937-1

A number of developments suggest that we are now witnessing a golden age of international Taiwan Studies. This stands in stark contrast to the situation when we began studying Taiwan. At that time there was not yet a sense of Taiwan Studies as a fiel... Read More about Taiwan Studies Revisited.

Party Politics in Taiwan Revisited (2019)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2019). Party Politics in Taiwan Revisited. In D. Fell, & H.-H. M. Hsiao (Eds.), Taiwan Studies Revisited (178-196). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429259937-11

My first book, Party Politics in Taiwan: Party Change and the Democratic Evolution of Taiwan was published in August 2005. Now seems a good time to revisit this volume, as we are almost two decades from when I first started this research project. In... Read More about Party Politics in Taiwan Revisited.

The Control Yuan and Human Rights in Taiwan: Towards the Development of a National Human Rights Institution? (2019)
Book Chapter
Caldwell, E. (2019). The Control Yuan and Human Rights in Taiwan: Towards the Development of a National Human Rights Institution?. In W. Alford, J. Cohen, & C.-F. Lo (Eds.), Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation (155-172). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0350-0_10

This chapter contributes to the growing literature on international human rights and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Taiwan. Despite decades of debate, Taiwan has never established a NHRI that complies with international human rights no... Read More about The Control Yuan and Human Rights in Taiwan: Towards the Development of a National Human Rights Institution?.

From ‘Free China’ to Sunny Paradise: The Worlding Process in the Magazine Tourism in Taiwan (1966–1974) (2019)
Book Chapter
Chang, B.-Y. (2019). From ‘Free China’ to Sunny Paradise: The Worlding Process in the Magazine Tourism in Taiwan (1966–1974). In B.-Y. Chang, & P.-Y. Lin (Eds.), Positioning Taiwan in a Global Context: Being and Becoming (95-110). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429022227-7

As a crucial part of the US-led Asia–Pacific security framework, and standing against communist expansion, Taiwan and its offshore islands acted as an anti-communist bulwark during the Cold War. Under the prevailing fear of communist infiltration at... Read More about From ‘Free China’ to Sunny Paradise: The Worlding Process in the Magazine Tourism in Taiwan (1966–1974).

Politics of Repositioning and State Spatiality: From ‘Xiangtu China’ to ‘Oceanic Taiwan’ (2018)
Book Chapter
Chang, B.-Y. (2018). Politics of Repositioning and State Spatiality: From ‘Xiangtu China’ to ‘Oceanic Taiwan’. In C. Storm (Ed.), Connecting Taiwan: Participation – Integration – Impacts (41-60). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351268967-3

The constant repositioning and re-enunciation of Taiwan in its national imagination since the 1990s reveals a process of re-centering the island’s spatial self in the world. This chapter examines Taiwan’s metaphorical severance from China and place-m... Read More about Politics of Repositioning and State Spatiality: From ‘Xiangtu China’ to ‘Oceanic Taiwan’.

The Revival of Taiwan’s Green Party after 2008 (2017)
Book Chapter
Fell, D., & Peng, Y.-W. (2017). The Revival of Taiwan’s Green Party after 2008. In D. Fell (Ed.), Taiwan's Social Movements under Ma Ying-jeou From the Wild Strawberries to the Sunflowers. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315560533-10

This chapter examines the electoral development of the Green Party Taiwan (GPT) after the Kuomintang (KMT) returned to power in 2008. Green parties (including the GPT) aim to serve as a political tool and spokesperson for a range of social movements... Read More about The Revival of Taiwan’s Green Party after 2008.

Chinese Constitutionalism: Five-Power Constitution (2017)
Book Chapter
Caldwell, E. (2017). Chinese Constitutionalism: Five-Power Constitution. In R. Grote, F. Lachenmann, & R. Wolfrum (Eds.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law. Oxford University Press

戰後初期 (1945-68年)臺灣小學地理知識傳授中的家國想像 (2016)
Book Chapter
Chang, B.-Y. (2016). 戰後初期 (1945-68年)臺灣小學地理知識傳授中的家國想像. In C.-L. Mei, & P.-Y. Lin (Eds.), 交界與游移：跨文史的文化傳譯與知識生產 [Cross-border and Migration: Cultural Translation and Knowledge Production] (335-366). Rye Field 麥田