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Measuring and Explaining the Electoral Fortunes of Small Parties in Taiwan’s Party Politics

Fell, Dafydd

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Abstract

Over the last two and a half decades the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party have dominated Taiwan’s party system. From
2008-2012 they were the only parties represented in the Legislative Yuan.
Nevertheless, there have been periods in which other parties have had a
significant impact on the party system. These parties have received considerable media attention during and between campaigns, won significant
numbers of parliamentary and local assembly seats, and affected the Taiwanese political agenda. In this paper I assess the impact of these small
parties on the party system and offer some explanations for their electoral
successes and failures over the last decade.

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Fell, D. (2014). Measuring and Explaining the Electoral Fortunes of Small Parties in Taiwan’s Party Politics. Issues and studies - Institute of International Relations, 50(1), 153-188

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Mar 1, 2014
Deposit Date May 8, 2014
Publicly Available Date Jun 28, 2019
Print ISSN 1013-2511
Electronic ISSN 2529-802X
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 50
Issue 1
Pages 153-188
Keywords Taiwan; new parties; small parties; political parties; elections.
Publisher URL http://is.nccu.edu.tw/

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