Taiwan's referendum act and the stability of the status quo

Issues and Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-153

  Lin, Jih Wen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2004 presidential election; Cross Strait relations; Defensive referendum; Initiative and reconsideration; Plebiscite; Referendum Act; Taiwan's democratization

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344637272     PISSN: 10132511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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