許多研究顯示台灣得以成功地促成工業化和經濟發展,有很大部份仰賴國家的策略性介入,設計了一連串的國家經濟發展策略。然在這種強勢領導下,地方本身發展,尤其是邊陲地區,在這過程中卻是被忽略的。然自90年代起,全球化發展的衝擊與地方要求自主的雙重壓力下,迫使政府正視地方發展的課題,並企圖將有關地方發展策略置入國家重點計畫中來加以實現。本文目的在以網絡化與治理的角度來檢視地方發展政策的實踐過程與成果,試以經濟部商業司「地方產業交流中心」推動計畫作為個案討論的對象,這計畫於2004年被列入「挑戰2008:國家發展重點計畫」。主要內容分為二大部份:第一部份為討論現有有關治理、網絡化與地方發展等相關理論,第二部份說明地方發展策略如何在既有的社會脈絡下被結構與運作著,並分為三方面加以討論:中央社群與地方社群兩大社群內成員間的互動機制與所處的社會結構,以及兩大社群之間的互動關係,以瞭解國家在治理過程中的實際角色地位。這不僅有助於我們瞭解決策過程的正式制度的安排,也有助於我們瞭解複雜的非正式關係。
Many studies have examined government intervention had achieved industrialization and economic growth in Taiwan successfully. However, the importance of local development has been ignored in this process, especially in less developed areas. Due to economic globalization and political pressures, the nation was forced to deal with the tasks of local development, and then integrated local development strategies into national development plan. This study analyzes the processes and outcomes of implementing local development policy from the perspectives of networks and governance by performing a case study of ”Local Industry Exchange Center” under the ”Challenge 2008-National Development Plan” implemented by the Department of Commerce, MOEA. The paper is organized into two main sections. First, the network as a governance structure and its implications for local economic development is explored. Next, how to decide and implement local development strategies are discussed under the governance structure of the network from various dimensions. These inquiries reveal not only formal institutional arrangements, but also complex informal relationships in the policy-making process.