The Study on Development of Political Party and Local Fiction in Tainan City (2005-2014)
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Lin, Chen-Lu
Abstract
Focusing on the local politics of Tainan City, this thesis analyzes the development of political parties and local factions, both of which face challenges in terms of their roles and functions in local politics after the merging of Tainan City and County and relevant institutional reorganizing. Given that studies of local factions can be subject to changing temporal and local conditions, academic studies ought to be adept at reflecting changes in external environment. In order to understand the development of local factions and the new trends after the Second Special Municipality Councilors election in 2014, this study uses judgmental sampling to conduct semi-structured interviews with local personalities. The results show that the city-county merging has left local factions in decline, and hence they tried to attach themselves more closely to a specific political party. Although they continue to exist, local factions not only face difficulties in their attempts to intervene in municipal policies, but also find their influence dwindling. After the adoption of the new Supervisor of District system controlled by the municipal governments, local factions are only able to influence Chief of Village election. In addition, because the Mayor office has become an important center of resource distribution, which is crucial for the Mayor’s ability to improve his relationship with councilors, this enlarged administrative power also increases potential risks of government-council conflict, caused by opposition who felt the distributing process unfair.
Subjects
Tainan City
local faction
city-county merging and reorganizing
local autonomy
government-council conflict
Type
thesis