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Electoral Campaigning in Taiwan (1945-2005)
by
Christian Schafferer
Modern
East Asia Vol. 4, No. 2
(June 2005) |
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Abstract
Taiwan’s political environment
has undergone manifold changes during the last few decades. It developed from
an authoritarian polity into one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies. Since the
early days of Taiwan’s democratic development, elections have played a vital
role in building and fostering democratic institutions. Socio-economic changes
have not only contributed to Taiwan’s rapid political development, but also
influenced the nature of electoral campaigns. In this paper, the author would like to provide an insight view into the changes of electoral campaining that occurred during and after the martial law era.
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