Tsai Ing-Wen and Taiwan: An Assessment of the First Administration, 2016-2020 critically examines the public policy and presidency of Taiwan's first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, who first came into office in 2016 and completed a second term in 2024. Enough time has passed since the end of Tsai's first term in office for scholars, commentators, and observers to have a clear view and understanding of her presidency. Tsai Ing-Wen and Taiwan analytically appraises her first term in office vis-a-vis her economic, social, and political agenda and policies and, ultimately, the implications of those agendas and policies on the national interest of Taiwan and its 24 million citizens. The book answers the many questions concerning whether the president kept the promises she made during the campaign, whether she was able to overcome the challenges her administration faced. Tsai Ing-Wen and Taiwan also looks at her government's ability to balance the hostilities emanating from the other side of the Taiwan-Strait (China) and the demands and ambiguities of US foreign policy. Finally it assesses whether her administration was in tune with the changing undercurrents of an increasingly shifting society, and if her government's policies resulted in the better economic outlook of the average Taiwanese.
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This well-written collection of chapters heavily emphasizes the regional and international dimensions of President Tsai Ing-wens first administration. In their examination, the scholars consistently posit that, notwithstanding occasional mishaps, Taiwans first female president performed admirably in her first term. Tsais popularity experienced fluctuations yet remained resilient, withstanding the diplomatic realignment of seven nations that had formerly recognized the Republic of China. I eagerly await a companion volume organized by Abidde that examines Tsais second presidential administration. -- Michael Hall, Georgia Southern University, USA Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan offers a timely, rigorous, and insightful analysis of Taiwan during President Tsais first term in office. A stunning collection of leading international scholars engages critically with the challenges and complexities of governance, identity, social issues, economic and foreign policy, and cross-Strait relations, making this volume essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Taiwan. -- Gary Rawnsley, Head of the School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan: An Assessment of the First Administration, 2016-2020, edited by Sabella OgbobodeAbidde, is a rich compendium of essays by very learned scholars. The volume provides readers with an insightful overview of the four-year enlightened leadership period of LSE-educated Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan. The book will serve its readers well and is highly recommended. -- A.B. Assensoh, Indiana University and University of Oregon, USA
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A dispassionate analysis of the public policy and tenure of President Tsai Ing-wen from 2016 to 2020 vis-à-vis domestic and international politics.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Select Policies and Performance During the First
Administration, Sabella Ogbobode Abidde (Alabama State University Montgomery,
USA)
Section One: Issues In Domestic Policy
Chapter 1: Tsai Ing-wen's Strategic Governance in Taiwan (2016-2020), Mohamad
Al Mokdad (PGS University of Paris, France)
Chapter 2: President Tsai's Energy Policy During the First Term, Wesley
Wei-Hua Chen (Central Police University, Taiwan)
Chapter 3: Economic Interdependence Between Taiwan (ROC) And China (PROC),
Frank Tian Xie (University of South Carolina, USA) and Shu-Chen Tsao
(University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Chapter 4 Analyzing Regional Revitalization Policy in Taiwan: Rethinking the
Implementation of Regional Revitalization Strategies During the Tsai
Government, Phyllis Wei-Lih Yeh (Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)
Chapter 5: Gender Matters in Tsai Ing-wens First Term: The First Woman
President, the Cabinet Appointments, and Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan,
Young-Im Lee (California State University Sacramento, USA)
Chapter 6: Deepening Taiwanization of Culture - Cultural Policy in Taiwan
from 2016 to 2020, Wu Chieh-Hsiang (National Changhua University of
Education, Taiwan)
Section Two: Issues In Foreign Policy
Chapter 7: Taiwans Foreign Policy During Tsais Leadership: The Quest For
Survival, Saa Istenic Kotar (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Chapter 8: To Move Is To Prove: The Hypocrisy Of Sovereignty And Migration
Legislation Regulating 'Non-Resident Nationals' In Taiwan And China, Isabelle
Cockel (University of Portsmouth, UK) and Yen-Fen Tseng (National Taiwan
University, Taiwan)
Chapter 9: Institutional Competition Under the Competition of Great Powers:
Cross-Strait Relations Since 2016, Johnson Shan-Son Kung (Institute for
National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan)
Chapter 10: Strategic Economic Relations: Taiwan and the GCC amidst Rising
Chinese Influence, 2016-2020, Haila Al Mekaimi (Kuwait University, Kuwait)
Chapter 11: Taiwans Public Diplomacy and The Relations with Southeast Asian
States Since 2016, Yung Lin (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Chapter 12: Concluding Commentary: The presidency of Tsai Ing-wen: Successes
and setbacks from 2016-2024, David Pendery (National Taipei University of
Business, Taiwan)
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is professor of political science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University Montgomery. He holds a BA in international relations and an MSC in educational administration from Saint Cloud State University Minnesota, an MA in political science from Minnesota State University Mankato, and a Ph.D. in African studies, world affairs, public policy and development studies from Howard University.
