Shelley Rigger

Shelley Rigger (born March 23, 1962)^[1] is an American political scientist and author. She is professor of East Asian Politics at Davidson College. She earned degrees at Princeton University (BA) and Harvard University (PhD)^[2]

Books

• Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy (Routledge, 1999)^[3]
• From Opposition to Power: Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001)^[4]
• Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse (2011)^[5]
• The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)^[6]