Shelley Rigger (born March 23, 1962) is an American political scientist and author. She is professor of East Asian Politics at

Davidson College Davidson College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after American Revolutiona ...

. She earned degrees at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

(BA) and

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

(PhD)

Books

*''Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy'' (Routledge, 1999) *''From Opposition to Power: Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party'' (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001) *''Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse'' (2011) *''The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)Reviews of ''The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise'' include: * * * *

References

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