Taiwan's 1998 Local Elections - Appraising Steps in Democratization

Asian Survey

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 569-583

  Brown, Deborah A ^a,b,d   Moon, Eric P ^c,d   Robinson, James A ^c,d  

^a Foreign Policy Research Institute   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; NATIONAL POLITICS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031766080     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.1998.38.6.01p03644     Document Type: Review

References (13)

1. Chang Chung-fang, "Minor Official, Major Successes: Neighborhood Chief Chen Yen-cheng," Sinorama 17 (October 1992), pp. 98-104.
2. Ts'ai Ling and Ramon H. Myers, "Winds of Democracy: The 1989 Taiwan Elections," Asian Survey 30:4 (April 1990), pp. 360-79.
3. Julian Baum and James A. Robinson, "Party Primaries in Taiwan: Continuing Appraisal," Asian Affairs 24 (Spring 1997), pp. 3-13.
4. See, for example, James Q. Wilson and John J. DiIulio, Jr., American Government, 7th ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998), p. 144.
5. See, among others, "Mayoralty Bet Linked to Assault Try," China Post (International Airmail Edition), December 26, 1997, p. 1; "Elections a Boom for Gangs, Justice Minister Says," China News, January 19, 1998, p. 20; and "Stick 'Em Up," China News, January 20, 1998, editorial, p. 6: "Elections for township chiefs have always been dominated by organized crime, but due to the crucial role these elections play in the balance of power, they have been immensely difficult to reform."
6. See, among others, "Mayoralty Bet Linked to Assault Try," China Post (International Airmail Edition), December 26, 1997, p. 1; "Elections a Boom for Gangs, Justice Minister Says," China News, January 19, 1998, p. 20; and "Stick 'Em Up," China News, January 20, 1998, editorial, p. 6: "Elections for township chiefs have always been dominated by organized crime, but due to the crucial role these elections play in the balance of power, they have been immensely difficult to reform."
7. See, among others, "Mayoralty Bet Linked to Assault Try," China Post (International Airmail Edition), December 26, 1997, p. 1; "Elections a Boom for Gangs, Justice Minister Says," China News, January 19, 1998, p. 20; and "Stick 'Em Up," China News, January 20, 1998, editorial, p. 6: "Elections for township chiefs have always been dominated by organized crime, but due to the crucial role these elections play in the balance of power, they have been immensely difficult to reform."
8. Susan Yu, "KMT to Re-examine Multiparty Consensus," Free China Journal, December 12, 1997, p. 2.
9. Andrea Chen, "Dawn of a Real Democracy," China News, November 21, 1997, p. 8; "Local Elections in Taiwan, 1993-94," Political Chronicle 6 (Winter 1994), p. 7; and Hung-mao Tien, "Taiwan in 1995: Electoral Politics and Cross-Strait Relations," Asian Survey 36:1 (January 1996), pp. 33-40.
10. Andrea Chen, "Dawn of a Real Democracy," China News, November 21, 1997, p. 8; "Local Elections in Taiwan, 1993-94," Political Chronicle 6 (Winter 1994), p. 7; and Hung-mao Tien, "Taiwan in 1995: Electoral Politics and Cross-Strait Relations," Asian Survey 36:1 (January 1996), pp. 33-40.
11. Andrea Chen, "Dawn of a Real Democracy," China News, November 21, 1997, p. 8; "Local Elections in Taiwan, 1993-94," Political Chronicle 6 (Winter 1994), p. 7; and Hung-mao Tien, "Taiwan in 1995: Electoral Politics and Cross-Strait Relations," Asian Survey 36:1 (January 1996), pp. 33-40.
12. See, among others, "Councilors in Danger," China News, 〈http://www.taipei.org/gionews/ chinanew/chinanew.htm〉, February 6, 1998, Item 002; and "Wanted Former Council Speaker May Run Again," ibid, February 9, 1998, Item 005.
13. See, among others, "Councilors in Danger," China News, 〈http://www.taipei.org/gionews/ chinanew/chinanew.htm〉, February 6, 1998, Item 002; and "Wanted Former Council Speaker May Run Again," ibid, February 9, 1998, Item 005.