Social Forces in the Re-Making of Cross-Strait Relations: Hegemony and Social Movements in Taiwan [Paperback]

1. Introduction  2. Theoretical Approach: The Cross-Strait Rapprochement as a Contested Hegemonic Project  3. The Historical and Structural Origins of the Hegemonic Project  4. Reformist Resistance against the Black Box: Technocratic Management and the Structured Spontaneity of the Wild Strawberry Movement  5. The Contested Emergence of the China Factor: Resisting the Cultural Dimension of the Rapprochement  6. The Sunflower Movement and the Contradictory Re-politicisation of Neoliberal Developmentalism in Taiwan  7. Conclusion: Hegemony and Resistance in Taiwan

Adopting a critical political economy perspective this book sheds new light on the social and political struggles that shaped the political dynamics of Taiwan-China relations and cross-Strait rapprochement between 2008 and 2014.

Andr? Beckershoff received his PhD from the University of T?bingen, Germany. He specialises in international political economy and social movements. His recent publications include Assessing the Presidency of Ma Ying-jiu in Taiwan: Hopeful Beginning, Hopeless End? (co-edited by Gunter Schubert, Routledge, 2018).

Adopting a critical political economy perspective this book sheds new light on the social and political struggles that shaped the political dynamics of Taiwan-China relations and cross-Strait rapprochement between 2008 and 2014.

Presenting a careful analysis of primary sources and interviews, the book reconstructs the historical, political and socio-economic factors that shaped Taiwans path to the Sunflower Movement of 2014, reinterpreting this process as a struggle over Taiwans role in the global economy. It challenges received wisdoms regarding the rise and fall of the rapprochement: First, the study argues that the rapprochement was not primarily driven by political elites but by capitalist lSŠ