在20世紀末「全球化(globalization)」無遠弗屆發展的影響下,全球各大城市間開始一連串之競逐,期望成為全球城市中之領先者,以獲取龐大之經濟利益,於是都市研究領域產生「全球城市/世界城市(global city/world city)」等相關論述。不過,在全球城市等相關文獻中,卻過於突顯都市內生之成長機制,忽略多重「空間層級(spatial scalar)」對於全球城市治理之影響;強調「經濟全球化」的重要,忽略「政治」在全球城市治理過程中之重要性,更忽略「政黨」所扮演之角色。因此,本文企圖藉由我國首善之都臺北市的發展為例,解釋臺北市全球城市治理之研究,不能僅將焦點置於臺北市內部,忽略多重空間層級之影響力。因為臺北市全球城市治理深受國內政治情勢發展所影響,政黨政治在「民主化」與「本土化」之深化發展影響下,造成政黨間意識形態之對抗與衝突、兩岸間之政治意識形態衝突等,都深刻影響著臺北市全球城市治理之結果。本研究主要聚焦於1994〜2006年間,此階段正逢我國「新國家」之建構階段,陸續開放各層級選舉、臺北市與中央相繼政黨輪替、國家空間層級制度之調整(精省)等,造成國家政治權力關係之再結構,對於臺北市之全球城市治理機制亦產生相當之衝擊,「政黨」則於此扮演重要角色。
Owing to the “globalization” developed in later twentieth century, all principal cities in the world have been in a series of competition for becoming the pioneer among the world’s main cities in order to get huge economic benefits. As a result, the territory of urban research had brought forth studies concerning “global city/world city”. However, global-city studies usually over emphasize the development ability of urban innate and ignore the effect of multiple “spatial scalar” about global city governance. They also over emphasize the importance of “economy globalization” and ignore something very critical about the process of global city governance, such as “politics” and “party”. Therefore, this paper uses Taipei city as an example to demonstrate that global city studies should focus on the effect of multiple spatial scalar. Under the influence of democratization and localization, political circumstances like party ideology conflict and cross-strait politics relations happen due to the deep political effect on Taipei global city governance in our country. Finally, this paper focuses on 1994~2006 because our country suffered a huge change during this period, especially in open vote up in higher level, party alternation in power and adjust government organization, all of which would prove that “party” plays an important role in process of global city government.