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Signs of change? An analysis of Taiwan's December 2009 local elections
Zeichen des Wandels? Eine Analyse der Kommunalwahlen in Taiwan, Dezember 2009
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Abstract Under special circumstances created by a government decision to partly merge and upgrade six counties and county-level cities to special municipality status, local elections took place on December 5, 2009 in areas covering less than half of Taiwan’s population. The results are generally seen as an i... view more
Under special circumstances created by a government decision to partly merge and upgrade six counties and county-level cities to special municipality status, local elections took place on December 5, 2009 in areas covering less than half of Taiwan’s population. The results are generally seen as an important, though small, victory for the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) (Guomindang), however, has remained in a stable position, while the DPP still has a long way to go towards a comeback.... view less
Keywords
party; Asia; opposition; political change; Taiwan; comparison; party in power; election campaign; political system; impact; local election; Far East
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
applied research; empirical; quantitative empirical
Free Keywords
Political science; local elections; Party politics/ Party work; Contemporary
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 175-197
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