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The Rise and Decline of the New Party: Ideology, Resources and the Political Opportunity Structure
Macro-reasoning and cognitive gaps: understanding post-Soviet Russians’ communication styles.
Russians and Westerners access, process and communicate information in
different ways. Whilst Westerners favour detailed analysis of subject matter, Russians
tend to focus on certain components that are, in their view, significant. This
disparity makes it difficult to achieve constructive dialogues between Western and
Russian stakeholders contributing to cross-cultural communication problems. The
author claims that the difference in the ways Russians and Westerners negotiate
information is a significant cultural difference between Russia and West rather than
an irritating (and in principle amenable) lack of analytical skills on the Russian partners’
part. Understanding the reasons behind the Russian-specific approaches to
dealing with information would be a positive step towards a more effective cross-cultural communication, important in business situations and essential in diplomacy
Taiwan's Democracy: Towards a liberal democracy or authoritarianism?
This paper examines how Taiwan moved from being viewed as a model Asian democracy to one allegedly suffering from democratic reversal. The reasons for the declining domestic and international reputa- tion of Taiwan’s democracy are discussed. Lastly, some key political challenges facing Taiwan’s democracy are outlined
Was 2005 A Critical Election in Taiwan? Locating the Start of a New Political Era
This study applies the concept of critical elections to Taiwan’s recent political history. Instead of 2008, it is argued that 2005 deserves the title of a critical election. Politi- cal developments in 2005 laid the foundations for the Kuomintang’s return to politi- cal dominance
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