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The choice of constitutional amendments in a young democracy - from indirect to direct election of the president in Taiwan
Verfassungsänderungen in einer jungen Demokratie - von einer indirekten zu einer direkten Wahl des Präsidenten in Taiwan
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Abstract "This paper attempts to determine the kind of constitutional rule preferred in a young democracy when an institutional opportunity for constitutional change occurs. It adopts the standpoint of collective decision-making. This approach involves two crucial theoretical elements: the calculation of the... view more
"This paper attempts to determine the kind of constitutional rule preferred in a young democracy when an institutional opportunity for constitutional change occurs. It adopts the standpoint of collective decision-making. This approach involves two crucial theoretical elements: the calculation of the interests of the political elite and the masses' comprehension of what democracy is. The case studied here is Taiwan's constitutional choice between the direct and indirect election of the president during the period from 1990 to 1994. The paper first examines how the political leaders might have used both the logic of power maximization and of power-loss minimization to choose their position on the issue. It then demonstrates that survey results indeed showed that respondents better understood the direct form of electing the president and therefore supported it over the indirect one. This support helped the direct form to eventually win out." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
interest orientation; collective decision; political change; historical analysis; constitution; conception of democracy; political elite; Far East; voter; Taiwan; democracy; constitutional amendment; research approach; politician; presidential election
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
General History
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
theory application; historical
Free Keywords
Political science; constitutional amendments/constitutional reform; direct elections; democracy; Contemporary
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 111-131
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 39 (2010) 1
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works