Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, After Eastern Central European countries have opened their gates to the world, they experienced similar changes in the aspects of political, economic and social development as Taiwan did. An opportunity for scholars to exchange their observations, reflections towards the transitional situation in all these countries were provided in this conference. Contents: Jenn-hwan Wang: Civil Society, Democratization, and Governance in Taiwan - Eva Kuti: Contribution of Nonprofit Organizations to the Societal Transformation in Hungary: Achievements and Challenges - Pavol Fric: The State and Nonprofit Sector Development in the Czech Republic - Ladislav Machacek: Creation of Civil Society in Slovakia - Jiunn-rong Yeh: Constitutional Changes, Constitutionalism and Rule of Law in Taiwan: The Role of Council of Grand Justices - Yun-han Chu: Taiwan’s Unique Path to Democracy - Vladimir Krivy: Slovakia: Political Development in the 90s - Michal Illner: The Protracted Reform of Territorial Government in the Czech Republic - Dace Jansone: Some Reflections about the Relationship between Central, Regional and Local Governments in Latvia - Chia-lung Lin: Taiwan’s Emerging Civic Nationalism - Aivars Tabuns: Globalization and National Identity - Joanna Kurczewska: Nationalism in New Poland: Between Culture and Politics - Zuzana Kusa/Andrej Findor: Universal and Particular in Slovakian Troubles with National Identity Construction - Chin-Chun Yi: The Transition of Family Structure and Female Domestic Status in Taiwan - Anna Titkow: Women, Family and Paradoxes of Transformation - Magdalena Piscova: Changes in Family Patterns and Family Structure in theContext of Population Trends in Slovakia - Ludmila Fialova: New Phenomena in the Reproductive Behaviour of Young People in the Czech Republic in the 1990s - Pau-Ching Lu/Wan-I Lin: Social Welfare Policy in Taiwan: Past, Present and Prospects - Martin Potucek: The Czech Social Reform after 1989 - Concepts and Reality - Gejza Blaas: Transformation of Agriculture in Slovakia - Ming-chien Chen: Taiwan’s Agricultural Development and Policy Options - Vira Majerova: The Development of Czech Agriculture and Countryside from 1989 to 1999 - Talis Tisenkopfs: Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Latvia - Gyorgy Lengyel: Forms of Capital and Entrepreneurship in Hungary - Soushan Wu: Lessons and Experience of the Recent Social - Financial Activities in Taiwan - Privatization and BOT - Eva Voszka: Privatization in Hungary 1988 - 1998 - Michal Mejstrik: Privatization, Foreign Investment and Corporate Governance in the Czech Republic - Jong-Tsun Huang: Education Reform in Taiwan: Egalitarianism vs. Elitism - Lenka Rovna: European Dimension of the Reform of the Higher Education in Pre-Accession Period in the Czech Republic.
