Parliamentary Diplomacy of Taiwan in Comparative Perspective: Against Isolation and Under-representation

Front Cover -- Parliamentary Diplomacy Of Taiwan In Comparative Perspective -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures And Tables -- List Of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 About Parliamentary Diplomacy -- Diplomacy Then And Now -- Parliamentary Diplomacy Defined -- Parliamentary Diplomacy As A Field Of Research -- Subjects, Activities, Effectiveness, Forms And Potential Of Parliamentary Diplomacy -- 3 Unrecognized And Unrepresented States -- Contested States -- Created After Secession -- Created In The Process Of Decolonization States With Limited Recognition -- Created After Secession -- Created In The Process Of Decolonization -- Synthesis -- 4 Taiwan -- The Contextualization Of Taiwan's International Relations -- The Real Size Of A Small Island -- History -- Contemporary Taiwan: Two Realities -- Taiwan's Diplomacies -- 5 Taiwan's Parliamentary Diplomacy -- Research Plan -- Parliamentary Institutions -- National Parliaments -- Parliament-to-parliament -- Friendship Groups -- The Us Congress -- International Parliamentary Associations -- Party Alliances Parliamentary Organs Of International Governmental Organizations -- The European Parliament -- Synthesis -- 6 Barriers Surrounding Taiwan's Parliamentary Diplomacy -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Back Cover Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.