The Predicament of Small Nation Sociology: The Case of Taiwan
Begun less than 60 years ago with only a handful of sociologists with hardly any PhD training, sociology in Taiwan has grown in recent years into a discipline of about 300 PhD-level scholars. It has made significant progress in research and often contributed to public policy deliberation. It has made great strides that befits a country rapidly transforming itself from an agricultural society into an industrial powerhouse. Yet there is a limit to...