Papers presented at 1996 North America Taiwan Studies Conference

CHAIR: Jih-wen Lin, Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles

Presbyterian Representations of Taiwanese Aboriginality Michael S. Stainton, Social Anthropoloty, York University, Canada
Ethnic Conflict and Nation-building in Taiwan: The Power of 2-28 Robert Andrew Edmondson, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Nationalism and Democratic Consolidation in Taiwan: An Elite-Mass Linkage

CHAIR: Mei-Lin Pan, Sociology, Duke University

Dynamic analysis of Industrial Structure: The Case of Taiwan Po-Sheng Ko, Economics, University of Utah
National Parks in Taiwan: Current Problems and Future Directions Homer C. Wu, Natural Resource Interpretation, Stephen F. Austin State University
A Cost-Benefit Decision Model for Taiwan's New Intercity Transportation System Chih-peng Chu, Engineering Economic Systems, Stanford University

Part 1.
1:40-2:50, May 25
Women, Economy, and Institutions
女性，經濟，與制度

CHAIR: Chia-lung Lin, Political Science, Yale University

Between Filial Daughter and Loyal Sister: The Politics of Gender in Taiwan's Small-Scale Industry Anru Lee, Anthropology, City University of New York
Ideological is Institutional: A Case Study of Married Women's Working Patterns in Taiwan, 1970-1995 Jin-guay Liao, Feminist Theory and Sociology, New School for Social Research

CHAIR: Chia-lung Lin, Political Science, Yale University

From Dominance to Symbiosis: Mapping the Historical Trajectory of An Imposed Authoritarian State in Taiwan Chung-Hsien Huang, Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Rethinking The Developmental State in Taiwan - Evidence from the Apparel and Computer Industries Mei-Lin Pan, Sociology, Duke University
The State and Professional Power of Medicine in Taiwan Kuo-ming Lin, Sociology, Yale University

CHAIR: Chia-lung Lin, Political Science, Yale University

Systematic Method of Weighted Distance: the Application on Taiwan's Electoral Studies Jih-wen Lin, Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles Herming Chiueh, Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
New Ideas on Constitutional Principles and on the Government Structure Ching L. Ko, Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University

CHAIR: Pei-fen Sung, Teacher Education, Michigan State University

The Role of Task Value and Self-efficacy on Taiwanese College Students' Effort and Achievement, Shu-Ling Wang, Educational Psychology, University of Southern California
The Role of Academic Libraries in Taiwan's Continued Development, John Shufelt, Library Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

CHAIR: Ling-chei Chen, Comparative Literature, Columbia University

The development of Taiwan's Anti-communist Literature in the 1950s Feng-Huang Ying, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Expressions of Identification in Taiwan's Literature: Case Examples from Dong Fang Pai's Lang Tao Sha and Wu Cho Liu's Orphan of Asia Marshall McArthur, Chinese Literature, University of Texas at Austin Bifurcating "Chinese "National" Cinema: Narrating
Nation-Spaces and the Positioning of Taiwan Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, Comparative Literature, Stanford University

CHAIR: Liang Ji-jeng, Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles

In Defense of Taiwan: The Rise of the Nationalist Island-Chain Strategy and Its Struggle in Southeast China Hsiang-Wang Liu, History, Pennsylvania State University
Sino-American Crisis Interaction System in the Taiwan Straits, 1950-58 Andrew Edward Manning, International Studies, University of Denver
Revisiting Taiwan's National Strategy to Counter Chinese Aggression Holmes Liao
A Study of the Taiwan-China Conflict-- An Application for the Analytic Hierarchy Process Wei-Der Hsu

1995 Conference Agenda