The Relationship between Mainstream and Movement Parties in Taiwan: Case Studies of the New Power Party (NPP) and the Green Party Taiwan-Social Democratic Party Alliance (GPT/SDP)

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Main author: Fell, Dafydd
Other authors: Kwan, Tommy Chung Yin
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institution SOAS, University of London
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description Since democratization began in the mid-1980s, Taiwan’s party system has been dominated by two parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). However, smaller parties have at times played an important role, bringing diversity into the system, stressing different issues and representing neglected communities. These small parties tended to be those that split off from the mainstream parties, while alternative social movement parties struggled to be electorally relevant. The picture changed recently with the rise of two different types of movement parties, the New Power Party (NPP) and the Green Party Taiwan/Social Democratic Party Alliance (GPT/SDP). In this chapter we examine the relationship of these new players with the mainstream party, DPP, offering some thoughts on how the relationship affected the development of these alternative parties.
author_additional Chiavacci, David
author_additionalStr Chiavacci, David
format Book Chapters
author Fell, Dafydd
author_facet Fell, Dafydd
Kwan, Tommy Chung Yin
authorStr Fell, Dafydd
author_letter Fell, Dafydd
author2 Kwan, Tommy Chung Yin
author2Str Kwan, Tommy Chung Yin
title The Relationship between Mainstream and Movement Parties in Taiwan: Case Studies of the New Power Party (NPP) and the Green Party Taiwan-Social Democratic Party Alliance (GPT/SDP)
publisher Amsterdam University Press
publishDate 2020
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/33005/

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