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This essay examines the current state of academic publishing of sociology in Taiwan. Journal publications and books are analysed separately. Under each type of publication the author looks at the commercial sector and the university sector. The essay first provides a brief overview of the development of sociology in Taiwan to show how the discipline is proceeding towards institutionalization in the country. This, it is argued, has been critical to the development of the discipline as well as to its publication activities. In a critical review of recent publication in journals and book publishing respectively, the author argues that both journal publishing and book production has been increasing in the discipline, and this is closely related to a changing academic environment.

Cet article examine l’état actuel des publications universitaires en sociologie au Taiwan. Les publications dans des revues et dans des livres sont analysées séparément. Pour chaque type de publication, j’étudie le secteur commercial et le secteur universitaire. L’article passe d’abord brièvement en revue le développement de la sociologie au Taiwan, afin de montrer comment cette discipline progresse vers son institutionnalisation dans le pays. Ce phénomène, a-t-on argué, est critique pour le développement de la discipline de même que pour ses activités de publication. Dans un compte-rendu critique des publications récentes respectivement dans des revues et dans des livres, je soutiens que les publications dans la presse aussi bien que dans l’édition de livres a augmenté et que cela est étroitement lié a un environnement universitaire en évolution.

Este artículo examina el estado actual de la publicación académica de sociología en Taiwán. Se analizan separadamente, publicaciones de revistas y libros. En cada tipo de publicación se revisa el sector comercial y el sector universitario. El artículo, ante todo, proporciona una breve mirada del desarrollo de la sociología en Taiwán para mostrar cómo la disciplina está procediendo hacia la institucionalización en el país. Esto, se ha argumentado, es crítico para el desarrollo de la disciplina así como sus publicaciones. En una revisión crítica de reciente publicación en revistas y en libros publicados respectivamente, argumento que la publicación de revistas así cómo la producción de libros ha aumentado dentro de la disciplina, y esto se relaciona estrechamente a un ambiente académico cambiante.

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