Taking Chang Hua Irrigation Associations as a main object, the main issue of this paper is to research the political role the Irrigation Associations played.
To examine the political role it played, qualitative analysis as well as cross-examination method are used. Not only from the view point of the organization, function and importance of the Irrigation Associations, but from the problems extend from internal elections of the Irrigation Associations and elections outside of the Irrigation Associations such as so-called ¡§black-gold,¡¨ local power struggle, party interruption, etc. to verify that the Irrigation Associations does play a active role in politics.
In the beginning, the Irrigation Associations is hypothethized as politically active from a network viewpoint. To explain this hypothesis, this paper is categorized into six chapters. The title of Chapter Two through Chapter Five is listed as follows:
Chapter Two: The structure of Irrigation Associations in Taiwan and their roles and functions
Chapter Three: The structure of Chang Hua Irrigation Associations and it role and functions
Chapter Four: The political function of Chang Hua Irrigation Associations
Chapter Five: The election activities of Chang Hua Irrigation Associations
After peeling all these infrastructures off sequentially, the evidences indicate that the polical role of the Irrigation Associations is related closely to governmental elections and ungovernmental elections. In addition to that, according to Mr. Che-Shen Chen, the election itself is already related to the ¡§Three Network.¡¨ Finally, the analysis above is matched with the proposal in this paper.
During the researching process, I found that:
1. The formation of Irrigation Associations: In addition to historical factor, the main reason is that the leader had been called ¡§economical mayor.¡¨ Having the ability to influence elections, the election of the member of the Irrigation Associations is always coveted by every local powers. The election of the leader of the Irrigation Associations is another factor to make itself politically active.
2. The result of election system: The election system of Irrigation Associations is changed from indirect to direct election. The change also make the involvement of ¡§black-gold,¡¨ local power, party, etc. different.
3. Firm structure of the Irrigation Associations: The cooperation and involvement of the members of the Irrigation Associations are very high and strong. As a result, the influences on elections can not be overlooked or underestimated by any party.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0413104-124137 |
| Date | 13 April 2004 |
| Creators | Hong, Li-Chen |
| Contributors | wen-chun chen, min-chieh hsieh, i-j tseng |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0413104-124137 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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