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