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.
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