Taiwan’s next stage of democracy
By David Pendery 潘大為
To borrow from historian Keith Wrightson, society can be viewed as a process. It is never stationary, and even seemingly unchanging structures and institutions possess a blend of stability and dynamism.
One of the most challenging tasks in viewing and interpreting society’s development and growth is discerning continuing shifts in its organization and social relations, and from there determining how this affects a commonwealth.
A view like this can provide insight into Taiwanese life and culture. In a word, the “process” of Taiwan’s politics and culture seem never-ending.
Taiwan is making the right progress in this respect, and any alert observer can see this. Has this not long been the way viewers have seen its democracy and politics, admittedly young and in some senses inexperienced though they might be?