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Both global and historical contexts point to the importance of studying ethnic issues in Taiwan. In this article the author attempts to examine the political conflicts between the immigrants and natives in Taiwan and their resource mobilization strategies. Statistical findings based on Taiwan’s election outcomes since 1986 are presented. The triangular relationship among the T-KMT, C-KMT, and DPP are analyzed. It is predicted that the mobilization strategies for the younger generation of immigrants may go beyond the tradiational political arena.
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Wen Lang Li is professor of sociology at Ohio State University and author ofTaiwan’s Population and Social Development (Taiwan Jenkou Yu Shehui Fachan), (Taipei: Tungta Books, 1991), andRethinking the Welfare State (Fuli Shehui di Shengsi), (Taipei, Youth Cultural Enterprises, 1992).
This article is a preliminary version of a paper presented at the conference on “The Domestic Roots of Taipei’s Growing Role in International Affairs,” The Gaston Sigur Center for East Asian Studies, The George Washington University, February 26–27, 1993.
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Li, W.L. Ethnic competition and mobilization in Taiwan’s politics. Journal of Northeast Asian Studies 12, 59–71 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03023348
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03023348