Call For Papers >> Made in Taiwan 2025
Publication
Palgrave Macmillan or SpringerTitle
Made in Taiwan 2025Type
Book ChapterEditors
Dr. Pi-Chi Chen (Anglia Ruskin University)Deadline
July 1, 2025Description
Editor: Dr Pi-Chi Chen
Anglia Ruskin University, UK (pi-chi.chen@aru.ac.uk)
Proposed Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer
Year of Publication: 2025
Overview
Taiwan’s post-war economic trajectory has been marked by rapid industrialisation and integration into global markets, positioning it as a pivotal player in the ‘East Asian economic miracle.’ The nation’s economic liberalisation facilitated the expansion of Taiwanese enterprises into large-scale business conglomerates. However, the forces of globalisation have significantly reshaped Taiwan’s industrial landscape, prompting an exodus of businesses to China in pursuit of cost-efficiency and competitive survival. While this expansion has increased the scale of Taiwanese firms, it has concurrently reduced profit margins and reinforced familial control structures. This transformation has exerted pressure on Taiwan’s once-thriving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which historically formed the backbone of its economic development. Consequently, formerly stable industrial clusters have become more fluid and transient.
Recent geopolitical and economic developments, particularly escalating US-China trade tensions, have intensified Taiwan’s role in global supply chains. Taiwan's semiconductor industry, responsible for approximately 21% of global chip manufacturing and over 92% of the most advanced chips (US International Trade Commission, 2024), remains central to international economic strategy and political negotiations. While other nations seek to diversify their supply chains and reduce reliance on Taiwanese technology, Taiwan faces new vulnerabilities and strategic opportunities amid a rapidly evolving global economic order.
These structural changes have triggered complex economic, social, and political ramifications, including slowing economic growth, increasing social unrest, and intensifying geopolitical challenges. This edited volume seeks to critically examine Taiwan’s contemporary socio-economic and cultural transformations within the broader context of regional and global shifts. By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, this project aims to generate empirical and theoretical insights into Taiwan’s evolving role in global affairs.
Objectives and Scope
This volume invites contributions that explore Taiwan’s economic, social, cultural, and geopolitical development through interdisciplinary perspectives. Scholars from diverse disciplines are encouraged to submit research that aligns with the following key themes. We also welcome scholars focusing on China-Taiwan relations or Taiwan's interactions with other countries to contribute to this edited volume.
- Society: Cultural transformations, education policies, gender rights, and social movements in Taiwan.
- Sociology: The millennial generation, democratic transitions, decolonisation, and evolving Chinese identities in Taiwan.
- Economic and Industrial Development: The role of technology in driving Taiwan’s economic progress, industrial policies, and innovation ecosystems.
- Geopolitics and Diplomacy: China-Taiwan relationships, Taiwan's interactions with other countries, Taiwan’s semiconductor sector and Taiwan’s public and regional diplomatic strategies.
- Taiwan’s Global Positioning: Analysing Taiwan’s future trajectory in international political and economic relations.
Submission Guidelines
We invite scholars to contribute original research articles of approximately 8,000 words (or 25 pages). Submissions should be grounded in rigorous empirical research or theoretical analysis and adhere to academic writing standards.
Abstract Submission (250 words): 28 February 2025
Full Submission Deadline: 1 July 2025
Publication Timeline: The manuscript is scheduled for publication by the end of 2025
For inquiries or to submit your manuscript proposal, please contact Dr Pi-Chi Chen at Anglia Ruskin University, UK (pi-chi.chen@aru.ac.uk)
We look forward to contributions that will enrich the scholarly discourse on Taiwan’s future and regional development in an increasingly complex global environment.