The Hakka Political Elites and the Constitutional Development in Taiwan(1945～2008)
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Hsien, Hsin-Ju
Abstract
For a long time, the second greatest racial group, Hakka ethnic group, has not earned much concern and respect in history in terms of language, culture and ethnicism. The close relationship between Hakka ethnic group and the political development in Taiwan has been ignored or distorted. Actually, Hakka political elites have been diligent and influential pioneers in persuading Government to enact constitution. They have had great impact on Taiwan’s constitutional development.his study adopts historical institutionalism as research approach. This study investigates the political situations and changes during 1945 and 2008 by way of analyzing documents, observing, tighter with attending to the processes and the timetables. The subjects of this study include all the Hakka political elites during the above designated period of time. It is assumed that those elites play important roles in the political movements. Three research questions are to be addressed: (1) What influence has the policy of assimilation or the policy of multi-culture coexistence had on the development of Hakka clan and culture? (2) What role, assertion and action have the Hakka elites played, challenged and taken? (3) Among those Hakka elites, who has had contributed the most to the constitutional development of Taiwan?fter scrutinizing the developmental processes of constitution, analyzing the related documents and references, this study illustrates that (1) The constitutional development was restrained by the historical structures and existing policies. (2) The constitutional reconstruction was affected by the structural pressure of system changes and national and international environments. (3) Hakka political elites played important roles on constitutional development. (4) The ethnic policy influenced significantly on the development of Hakka culture. (5) The way Hakka political elites negotiated with the other political parties for initiating Hakka as a group set a good example for younger generation to follow.
Subjects
Key wHakka
Political Elites
Constitutional Development
Type
thesis
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