Political clientelism and professional baseball in Taiwan

The merger between the two leagues in 2003

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2378044
AutoresPing-Chao Lee (0000-0002-8434-9861, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen47
Número4
Páginas475-491
Fecha de publicación2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1012690211403063
OpenAlexW2115737949
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas26

This article examines the clientelistic relations which underpinned the activities of Taiwan's society in the field of the professional baseball system. It highlights the significance of political clientelism as a key characteristic of the strategic environment which provides political and business groups and individuals space to pursue their interests. The article concludes that the continued existence of political clientelism, which has survived for decades, is unlikely to terminate, but rather emerge in new forms of social regulation, fostered and/or constrained by the social and economic structures of Taiwan's society, where sport is inevitably subsumed

Clientelism · League · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Sports and Literature · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society