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題名 Rethinking Decentralization of Legislative Organization and Its Implications for Policy-Making: Evidence from Taiwan
作者 盛杏湲
Sheng, Shing-Yuan
Huang, Isaac Shih-hao
貢獻者 政治系
關鍵詞 legislative organization; legislative decentralization; government; majority party; policymaking; Taiwan
日期 2022-04
上傳時間 12-Jan-2022 09:12:37 (UTC+8)
摘要 It can be challenging for a democratic government to effectively make policies that address crucial national problems. While a bulk of literature reports that many democracies have overcome this challenge through centralization of legislative organization, few studies have explained why legislative decentralization that allegedly impairs policymaking performance would take place. Drawing on Taiwan`s experience and over 13,000 legislative bills proposed in Taiwan`s parliament between 1993 and 2012, this article demonstrates that the legislative decentralization during the onset of Taiwan`s democratization slightly revived the policymaking performance of a near-paralysed parliament. Like drinking poison to quench the thirst, myopic politicians may opt for legislative decentralization as an instant remedy to ease severe legislative obstruction, despite the unfavourable consequences that the resulting decentralized legislative organization may eventually bring about. These findings shed new light on the evolution of legislative organization and account for the difficulties in policymaking facing developing democracies.
關聯 Government and Opposition, Vol.57, No.2, pp.318-335
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2020.20
dc.contributor 政治系-
dc.creator (作者) 盛杏湲-
dc.creator (作者) Sheng, Shing-Yuan-
dc.creator (作者) Huang, Isaac Shih-hao-
dc.date (日期) 2022-04-
dc.date.accessioned 12-Jan-2022 09:12:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 12-Jan-2022 09:12:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 12-Jan-2022 09:12:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/138755-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) It can be challenging for a democratic government to effectively make policies that address crucial national problems. While a bulk of literature reports that many democracies have overcome this challenge through centralization of legislative organization, few studies have explained why legislative decentralization that allegedly impairs policymaking performance would take place. Drawing on Taiwan`s experience and over 13,000 legislative bills proposed in Taiwan`s parliament between 1993 and 2012, this article demonstrates that the legislative decentralization during the onset of Taiwan`s democratization slightly revived the policymaking performance of a near-paralysed parliament. Like drinking poison to quench the thirst, myopic politicians may opt for legislative decentralization as an instant remedy to ease severe legislative obstruction, despite the unfavourable consequences that the resulting decentralized legislative organization may eventually bring about. These findings shed new light on the evolution of legislative organization and account for the difficulties in policymaking facing developing democracies.-
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dc.relation (關聯) Government and Opposition, Vol.57, No.2, pp.318-335-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) legislative organization; legislative decentralization; government; majority party; policymaking; Taiwan-
dc.title (題名) Rethinking Decentralization of Legislative Organization and Its Implications for Policy-Making: Evidence from Taiwan-
dc.type (資料類型) article-
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1017/gov.2020.20-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2020.20-