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REPRINT PERMISSION Chapter 1: “Democracy’s Dawn: ‘Quiet Revolution’ in a National Crisis”, is partly based on the essay “Taiwanese Identity in a Global/Local Context: the Use and Abuse of National Consciousness in Taiwan,” in C. Aspalter ed. Understanding Modern Taiwan: Essays in Economics, Politics and Social Policy, pp. 53-65. Copyright, 2001, Ashgate Publishing. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Ashgate Publishing. www.ashgate.com. Chapter 2: “Democracy in Action: The Making of Social Movement Webs”, was published previously in Critique of Anthropology 24 (3): 235-255. Copyright, 2004, Sage Publications. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications . www.sagepub.com/ Chapter 6: “(En)gendering Democracy: Shequ and Urban Neighborhood Organizing ” is a revised and updated version of the essay “Place, Identity, and Social Movements: Shequ and Neighborhood Organizing in Taipei City,” in Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique, 13 (2): 379-410. Copyright, 2005, Duke University Press. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Duke University Press. www.dukeupress.edu. ...

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