Local factions and the Kuomintang in Taiwan's electoral politics

Wu, Chung‐li

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“…During this period, despite the KMT government implementing tight political control from 1950 to 1954, the government introduced popular elections, such as those for the Provincial Assembly, in order to incorporate a diversified local elite into the process of party building and provide the authoritarian system with a modicum of democratic legitimation. Enjoying a monopoly of economic and political privilege permitted the KMT regime to construct alliances with local factions by sharing political power and material benefits with them in exchange for their long-term allegiance (Brown, Moon, & Robinson, 1998;Hood, 1996;Kau, 1996;Kuo, 2000;Wang, 1994;Wu, 2001Wu, , 2003. Factions arose to mediate between the mainlander KMT state and local Taiwan society, earning power and prestige by their ability to help individuals unable to appeal directly to the KMT controlled government and courts (Bosco, 1992).…”

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“…With Taiwan's rapid developments in political and economic respects since the 1980s (Wu, 2003) and the national baseball team's regularly impressive performances in international tournaments such as the bronze medal in the Olympic Games of Los Angeles in 1984, governmental, sporting and business interests became convinced that Taiwan could sustain professional baseball. After the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, several prominent domestic corporations planned to set up a professional baseball league.…”

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“…For decades, a monopoly of economic and political privilege permitted the KMT regime to construct alliances with local factions (without considering their backgrounds) by sharing political power and material benefits with them in Managing a Corrupted Sporting System 55 exchange for their allegiance to the Party (Brown et al, 1998;Hood, 1996;Wu, 2001Wu, , 2003. Thus it was hardly surprising that organized crime with political support should involve itself in gambling in professional baseball, with huge potential profits.…”

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Managing a Corrupted Sporting System: The Governance of Professional Baseball in Taiwan and the Gambling Scandal of 1997

Lee¹

2008

European Sport Management Quarterly

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This paper employs approaches drawn from governance theory and strategic relations analysis in an empirical evaluation of the behaviour of stakeholders in the governance of the professional baseball system in Taiwan. The paper highlights the significance of political clientelism as a key characteristic of the strategic environment which affords criminal interests space to pursue illicit activities, and evaluates the responses of stakeholders in the governance system. Four principal conclusions are as follows: first that this case illustrates the heuristic weaknesses of traditional, hierarchical models of governance; second, it demonstrates how political clientelism, as a strategic context, constrains and/or facilitates the choices available to stakeholders; third, it points to evidence that political clientelism may be waning in some respects as Taiwan's political system adopts greater pluralism; finally the case illustrates how the outcome of one set of struggles (the gambling crisis) shapes the context for subsequent governance decisions.

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Managing a Corrupted Sporting System: The Governance of Professional Baseball in Taiwan and the Gambling Scandal of 1997

Lee¹

2008

European Sport Management Quarterly

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“… Nichter 2008, 20. 8 For vivid accounts of vote buying in Taiwan's elections and its political consequences, seeHsieh 1996;Wang 1996;Wu 2003. …”

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Charge Me if You Can: Assessing Political Biases in Vote-buying Verdicts in Democratic Taiwan (2000–2010)

Wu¹

2012

The China Quarterly

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While the judicial system is an important part of any given political regime, other than in a few Western countries, it has received comparatively little attention. This study employs vote-buying litigation as a litmus test to inquire whether or not the judiciary in Taiwan is politically biased in its judgments. Vote buying has long marred Taiwan's elections and the general public does not seem to trust the judicial system to be independent of political influences. This study examines the impact of political variables (including partisanship, whether candidates are elected or not, and the type of election) on court decisions in vote-buying litigation between 2000 and 2010. The article looks at these decisions at three levels: district courts, high courts, and the Supreme Court. The empirical findings indicate that the effects of political factors are considerably less an influence than expected on trial outcomes.

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“…For comparative examples seeUn 2006;Callahan 2005;Gloster-Coates and Quest 2005;Anderson 2004;Fonchingong 2004;Taylor 2004;Golden 2003;Gore and Pratten 2003;Wu 2003;Escobar 2002;Garcia-Guadilla and Perez 2002;Marty 2002;Randall and Svasand 2002;Kingston 2001;Shefner 2001;Auyero 2000Auyero , 1999Kitschelt 2000;Lande 1983.…”

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Political clientelism and rural development in south-western Nigeria

Ọmọbọwale¹

2010

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Local factions and the Kuomintang in Taiwan's electoral politics

Cited by 20 publications

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Managing a Corrupted Sporting System: The Governance of Professional Baseball in Taiwan and the Gambling Scandal of 1997

Managing a Corrupted Sporting System: The Governance of Professional Baseball in Taiwan and the Gambling Scandal of 1997

Charge Me if You Can: Assessing Political Biases in Vote-buying Verdicts in Democratic Taiwan (2000–2010)

Political clientelism and rural development in south-western Nigeria

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