Social Movements under Institutional Voids: The Success and Failure of the Anti-Corruption Movement in Taiwan

Tak-Wing Ngo

《Asian Studies》 1卷1期 (2015/09) Pp. 99-120

https://doi.org/10.6551/AS.0101.05

並列摘要

Social movements are commonly seen as an agent of change, this article examines situations where social movements serve to restore systemic functions of the status quo. Specifically, it looks at the functional roles and limitations of social movements in filling institutional voids. By institutional voids we mean the absence or inadequacies of existing institutions in coordinating or regulating social interactions. The quest is explored through a case study of the cross-ethnic mobilization- the so-called Red Shirt Army Movement- against presidential corruption in Taiwan. The article analyses the success and failure of this movement in serving as the void-filling agent, and accounts for the ineffectiveness of civic coalitions in creating a new form of political space that is autonomous from ethnic-partisan politics.

並列關鍵字

institutional voids ； social movements ； anti-corruption ； civic coalitions ； Red Shirt Army Movement ； Taiwan