Assessing the Presidency of Ma Ying-jiu in Taiwan

André Beckershoff is a Resident Fellow at the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT) at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany.Gunter Schubert is Professor and Chair of Greater China Studies and Director of the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen.

• Introduction, André Beckerhoff and Gunter SchubertPart I Domestic Politics 1. The KMT’s China Policy: Gains and Failures, Jon Sullivan and James Smyth 2. The DPP’s China Policy before and during the Ma Ying-jiu Era, Gunter Schubert 3. Taiwanese Nationalism in the Age of Cross-Strait Integration – Predominance and Pragmatism in the Ma Ying-jeou Era, Liao Da-chi, Liu Cheng-shan and Chen Bo-yu 4. Economic Interests or National Sovereignty: Public Opinion on the Cross-Strait Dilemma during the Ma Ying-jeou Era, Chen Chih-Jou 5. The Rise of Civil Society Activism in the Ma Ying-jeou Era: The Genesis and Outcomes of the Sunflower Movement, Ho Ming-sho 6. Desirability and Accountability in the Governance of Immigration under the Ma Administration, Isabelle ChengPart II Cross Strait Political Economy 7. Opportunities and Pitfalls of Cross-Strait Economic Integration in the Ma Ying-jeou Era: Taiwan after the ECFA, Tung Chen-yuan 8. Chinese Investment in Taiwan in the Ma Ying-jiu Era: the Opportunities and the Risks, Lee Chun-yi 9. The Drift: Industrial Policy under President Ma, Douglas B. Fuller 10. The Political Economy of Cross-Strait Rapprochement – Anatomy of a Hegemonic Project, André BeckershoffPart III International Relations 11. More International Space for Taiwan or Less?, Huang Kwei-Bo 12. Taiwan’s Soft Power and Public Diplomacy Under Ma Ying-jeou, Gary D. Rawnsley 13. Cross-Strait Détente? The Evolution of the US Taiwan-China Triangle in the Ma Ying-jiu Era, Lin Cheng-yi 14. Managing Territorial Nationalism in the South and East China Seas: The Ma administration’s approach, Chen Mumin