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CONTENTS List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix Romanization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi Reprint Permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Part I State and Civil Society 1. Democracy’s Dawn: “Quiet Revolution” in a National Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 2. Democracy in Action: The Making of Social Movement Webs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 3. Talking Democracy: From Normalized Political Processes to Politicized Everyday Life. . . . .71 Part II Identity and Ethnicity 4. Reflexive Democracy: Bentu and Its Discontent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 5. Democracy as Dream: Ethnicity and the Politics of Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 viii | DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL Part III Place and Politics 6. (En)gendering Democracy: Shequ and Urban Neighborhood Organizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 7. Walking Democracy: Street Life and Local Politics in a Taipei Neighborhood . . . . . . . . . 175 Epilogue: Democracy Unbound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Endnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 ...

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