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The Political Economy of Press Freedom: The Paradox of Taiwan versus China

The Political Economy of Press Freedom: The Paradox of Taiwan versus China

Huang, Jaw-Nian

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Series: Politics in Asia

Asian American StudiesGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1032090545
ISBN13: 9781032090542
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 30 2021
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

This book offers a political economy analysis of the development and degradation of freedom of the press in Taiwan since 1949, exploring how state-business elites and foreign hegemons interacted to shape the evolution of Taiwan's media.

It examines why freedoms increased alongside democratization in the 1990s but deteriorated after the second peaceful turnover of power in 2008 and why significant improvements accompanied Taiwan's close economic connections with the US during the Cold War, only to become eroded as the country developed deeper economic ties with China in the 21st century. Presenting both a domestic and international perspective, this study of the controversial case of Taiwan ultimately argues in favor of three factors. First, state power is not the only threat to press freedom, as corporate organizations and market forces may also play a role in curtailing it. Second, cross-national economic connections do not always improve human and civil rights but may cause damage when they involve more powerful authoritarian countries. Third, just as norms diffuse from liberal contexts to repressive states, repressive norms are also likely to diffuse from powerful authoritarian countries to more liberal but politically and economically weaker ones.

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