Taiwan's modernization: its achievements and challenges -- Democracy in Taiwan and Asia---Advances and challenges -- Constitutional reform and democratization in Taiwan, 1945-2000 -- Think globally, do locally---internationalizing Taiwan's human rights regime -- Economic implications of the rule of law: the case of Taiwan -- Global markets, virtual businesses, and local law: ROC regulation of electronic commerce -- Democratization and the evolving nature of parties, issues, and constituencies in the ROC -- Obstacles to Democratic Progressive Party success in post-reform Taiwan -- Economic performance and democratic transition: stylized paradoxes and the Taiwan experience -- State-business relationship in Taiwan: a political economy perspective.

Globalization and modernization: the predicament of sovereign status for Taiwan -- The two-state theory and cross-strait relations -- Taiwan can say NO: a critique of the Clinton China -- Experiences and major policies in Taiwan's development -- The effect of modernization on the family and kinship patterns of three generations of Taiwanese -- Taiwan's modernization---Women's changing role -- Modernization and the development of social welfare programs in Taiwan.