ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS, STATE POLICY, AND URBAN MOVEMENTS: A TAIWAN VERSION

Abstract

Abstract This paper examines Taiwan's response to the Asian economic crisis, the social consequence of that response, and the urban movement that ensued. We seek to demonstrate that, although the particular character of the response is a result of historical relations between real estate speculation and financial institutions, it is the long-term weakening of state ability to mediate between civil society and the global informational capitalism and the dual character of the Taiwan state...