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Taiwan's Party System and Political Culture
(1945-2005)
by
Christian Schafferer
Modern
East Asia Vol. 4, No. 1
(March 2005) |
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Abstract
This paper aims to study the development of Taiwan's party system. There have been three
stages of development in the history of Taiwan’s political party system since
the Nationalist Chinese takeover in 1945: (1) Limited pluralist authoritarian
party system (1945-1986), (2) pluralist party system with one dominant party
(1986-2000), and (3) polarized pluralist party system. In his analysis, the author tries to pinpoint the societal changes behind the party system transformation. The issue of rising populism in Taiwan's political culture is also addressed by the author.
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