Taiwan
has gotten high marks when it comes to holding clean elections
and protecting political rights. The public strongly supports
democracy in principle and by and large approves the island’s
system in practice. When it comes to performance, however, the
political system does not do so well. This is partly because of
a set of structural factors. Selecting the president and
legislature on a majoritarian basis fosters a degree of
polarization and complicates the crafting of policy
compromises. Periodically, social and political forces seek to
circumvent the institutions of representative government (via
mass protests, for example). They can block what they oppose
but are unable to solve the problems that provoked their action
in the first place. Another reason is that the issues to be
addressed are not easy. Taiwan’s economy is maturing; young
people lack employment opportunities; the pop...
The Executive Yuan is the nation's highest administrative body, the Legislative Yuan the highest legislative body, the Judicial Yuan the highest judicial body, ...
The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the ROC government, headed by the premier. The premier is directly appointed by the president, while other ...
Taiwan's 1947 constitution, promulgated while the Nationalist government still ruled the mainland as well as Taiwan, created a republican system of government.
由 O Kucera 著作 · 2006 · 被引用 7 次 — Taiwan's political system exhibits both very strong majoritarian and delegative tendencies, the main reasons for the lack of functionality under the present ...
The central government comprises the presidency and five major branches, or yuans. The local governments at present include those of six special municipalities, ...
Prior to the constitutional reforms in 1991, the political system of Taiwan took place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic ...
2021年1月22日 — The party system is institutionalized, with two large, distinctive parties — the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Taiwan's vibrant and competitive democratic system has allowed for regular peaceful transfers of power since 2000, and protections for civil liberties are ...
