TY - JOUR
AU - Chung‐li Wu
AB - Local factions in Taiwan exert considerable influence over elections, facilitating their role as intermediaries in both the candidate selection process and grassroots voter mobilization. This study examines the tangled relationship between the Kuomintang (KMT) and local factions in the electoral process. For decades, the KMT used patronage to ally itself with local factions to maintain its dominance in elections and to legitimize its governing base. Its monopoly over economic privilege permitted the authoritarian KMT regime to construct electoral alliances with local factions by sharing political power and material benefits with them in exchange for their KMT allegiance. Although factional allegiances serve the interests of the KMT, its alliance bonds are far from permanent. Change in electoral politics, then, is one of the best vantage points from which to observe the transformed relationship between the KMT and local factions. Furthermore, due to its flourishing economic relationship with mainland China since the late 1980s, the Taiwan government has come under pressure from local factions to adopt more liberal trade policies toward China. This research concludes that factionalism should remain an important component in Taiwan's political and economic arenas for the foreseeable future. Copyright International Relations of the Asia‐Pacific 2003 « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Int Relat Asia Pac (2003) 3 (1): 89-111. doi: 10.1093/irap/3.1.89 » Abstract Free Full Text (PDF) Free Classifications Paper Services Article metrics Alert me when cited Alert me if corrected Find similar articles Similar articles in Web of Science Add to my archive Download citation Request Permissions Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via CrossRef Citing articles via Scopus Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Wu, C. 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TI - Local factions and the Kuomintang in Taiwan's electoral politics
JF - International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
DO - 10.1093/irap/3.1.89
DA - 2003-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/local-factions-and-the-kuomintang-in-taiwan-s-electoral-politics-gbHglC8oxc
SP - 89
VL - 3
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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