Modernization or Cultural Imperialism | A Critical Reading of Taiwan's National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study

Yun-Shiuan Chen

ISBN 10: 1433120283 / ISBN 13: 9781433120282

Published by Peter Lang, 2013

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Modernization or Cultural Imperialism | A Critical Reading of Taiwan's National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study | Yun-Shiuan Chen | Taschenbuch | 216 S. | Englisch | 2013 | Peter Lang | EAN 9781433120282 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modernization or Cultural Imperialism | A Critical Reading of Taiwan's National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433120283
• ISBN 13: 9781433120282
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 150H x 12D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 311 grams
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Synopsis

This book focuses on the development of Taiwan’s long-standing National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study between 1955 and 2000. The National Scholarship Program can be seen as Taiwan’s governmental pursuit of strategic modernization for national and social development. Strategic modernization does not necessarily imply a linear, progressive, and technological modernity; but should be viewed as an adjustable, flexible, and sustainable effort that transforms and assists a nation, like Taiwan, to adapt itself within its constrained and changing post-colonial condition. This view of strategic modernization is based upon an interrogation of the discourses surrounding the scholarship program, using post-colonial theories as a referential framework. The research includes an ethnographic analysis of discourse, investigating the program from two perspectives: the researcher’s critical discourse analysis of historical texts, and the narratives provided by program stakeholders. The juxtaposition of these two discursive perspectives not only reveals different facets of the program, but more importantly, tracks the dynamic and constantly unfolding interwoven complex of political, economic and cultural threads that have rarely been considered together.

About the Author

Yun-shiuan (Viola) Chen received her Ph.D. in educational policy studies at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She is currently an assistant research fellow at Taiwan’s National Academy for Educational Research.