公民投票－台灣國家認同的新動力

Referendum: A New Dynamic of National Identity in Taiwan

徐永明(Yung-Ming Hsu) ； 蔡佳泓(Chia-Hung Tsai) ； 黃綉庭(Hsiu-Tin Huang)

《臺灣民主季刊》 2卷1期 (2005/03) Pp. 51-74

https://doi.org/10.6448/TDQ.200503.0051

摘要

長期以來台灣存在著是否應該以公民投票方式確定國家定位之爭議，2004年的公民投票在第一時間蒙上國家認同的陰影。國民黨與親民黨聯盟指公民投票為民進黨的選舉策略，呼籲民眾於公民投票中棄權。更進一步，美國、日本及部分歐洲國家亦表示他們對於投票結果的關切，中國亦譴責爲一競選策略，激起公民投票正當性的問題。運用大選前的民意調查，我們呈現誰支持公民投票及他們為何選擇這麼做。結果顯示，民衆對于是否參與公民投票意見分歧，但是如果未來公民投票成爲選舉之一部分，具有雙重國家認同的民衆可能會因此改變其國家認同。我們的資料分析確認了公民投票作爲一新興民主機制將爲國家認同帶來新的動力。

關鍵字

公民投標 ； 國家認同 ； 民主化 ； 總統選舉

並列摘要

A long-running argument is that Taiwan should hold a referendum to determine its national identity. The two-question refereundum in 2004 were marred by disputes over national identity, whether the country was Taiwanese or Chinese or both. The opposition party denounced the referendum as a campaign strategy and called on voters to abstain from voting in the referendum. Furthermore, the United States, Japan, and several European countries issued their concerns over the results and China charged that the referendum was merely a campaign tactic, which fueled the question whether holding the referendum was appropriate. Although the referendum as a new institution failed in its first attempt, pre-election polls revealed that the people were divided about voting in the referendum. More importantly, the people with ”dual identity” showed an inclination to identify as ”Taiwanese” because they shared the same opinions regarding the referendum. Moreover, these ”dual identity” people paid attention to the referendum.

並列關鍵字

referendum ； nation identity ； partisanship ； presidential election

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