Mei-Fang Fan
Biographic Data
| ID | 630417 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mei-Fang Fan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mei-Fang |
| FAMILY NAME | Fan |
| SIGNATURE | FAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0414-3183 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Democratizing Food Safety Governance in Taiwan
This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.Research on deliberativedemocracy pay little attention to hybrid forums, civic activism, social mediaand the interplay of multiple transmission in the deliberative system. This articleexamines the interconnection of multiple transmission mechanisms in thedeliberative system and how they interact together and complement each other toimprove the deliberative and democrati…
Energy justice and deliberative democratisation
Research on deliberative democracy that contains a detailed discussion of its relationship to justice in Indigenous territory is limited. Through a case study of the controversy over a solar energy project on Kanaluvang tribal land in Taiwan, this article explores how issues of energy justice are constructed in multiple communication and deliberative sites of the governance system and the role of Indigenous activism and deliberation in addressing…
Reclaiming energy justice in Taiwan? Insights on deliberation democracy from the Thao Tribe's renewable energy initiative
Democratising science in deliberative systems
Research on the science–policy interaction that happens in deliberative systems is limited. Drawing on concepts of democratisation of science and deliberation, this study used the case of dumping industrial waste on farmland in Taiwan to explore how local activists and non-governmental organisations contribute to knowledge production, democratising science and the epistemic–ethical–democratic functions for deliberative systems. The research metho…
Indigenous political participation in the deliberative systems
Although research on the deliberative systems has been extensive, relatively little attention has been paid to indigenous deliberation. This article provides an analysis of how indigenous civic organizations use deliberative means to influence the policy decisions pertaining to indigenous lone-term care service and how indigenous deliberation and advocacy has helped in enhancing the deliberative capacity and forming the shared narratives of indig…
Environmental justice and the politics of pollution
Research on environmental justice in authoritarian regimes, and in particular on how transnational networks support problem framing and claims-making in the absence of state-led democratic participation instances, is limited. This article uses the case of untreated wastewater from a steel mill owned by Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group, which caused mass fish deaths along coastal provinces in Vietnam in 2016, to explore how civic grou…
Indigenous participation and knowledge justice in deliberative systems
Research on deliberative systems with detailed discussions on the deliberative features of Indigenous activism is limited. The systemic approach of deliberative democracy argues that activism constitutes an integral part of public deliberation. Drawing on the controversy on flooding and wild creek remediation on Orchid Island, Taiwan, this article explored how Tao tribespeople have used deliberative ways to influence political processes at multip…
Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan
This book is a pioneering analysis of the deliberative systems approach in Taiwan, extending an understanding of Taiwanese democratic politics and consolidating links between theoretical development and a practical application of deliberative practices. As a front-runner of new democracies in Asia and a relatively open society, Taiwan provides a model for deliberative governance, with a view towards institutional innovation and increasing democra…
Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan
Environmental justice in a transitional and transboundary context in East Asia
Environmental justice campaigns in East Asian countries are primarily concerned with environmental &s;bads&s;: specifically, industrial and high-tech pollution that has caused cancer-related health problems among many workers and disadvantaged residents in remote areas. This chapter explores the unfolding of environmental justice issues in the context of democratic transition. It examines the complexity and dynamics of generating spaces of inequa…
Environmental Justice and the Politics of Risk
Evaluating the 2008 consensus conference on genetically modified foods in Taiwan
Genetically modified foods have become one of the most popular topics for deliberative exercises involving ordinary citizens worldwide. This paper examines the Taiwanese consensus conference on GM foods held in June 2008, and the implications and limitations of the public deliberations. The consensus conference facilitated multiparty dialogues and enhanced citizens’ knowledge, and affected their attitudes. This study demonstrates the ways context…
Disaster governance and community resilience
Typhoon Morakot triggered flooding and mudslides in various areas and devastated Aboriginal villages located near areas under construction by the Water Diversion Project in Kaohsiung County. This paper examines the controversy surrounding Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan from the perspective of disaster governance. This study provides competing perspectives regarding who was responsible for causing the disaster. Post-disaster reconstruction initiatives …
Justice, community knowledge, and waste facility siting in Taiwan
This article examines justice in the context of a controversial industrial waste facility siting in a Hakka (a minority ethnic group) town in Taiwan. It provides analysis of local perceptions of disproportionate risk, community knowledge claims, and the challenges of citizens to the controversial environmental impact assessment process. It explores knowledge disputes among regulators, developers, and local activists; it considers the struggle of …
Public perceptions and the nuclear waste repository on Orchid Island, Taiwan
This paper examines public perceptions of the nuclear waste repository on Orchid Island, Taiwan and how differing perceived risk and knowledge of nuclear waste might relate to worldviews, culture and social experiences. The majority of the aboriginal Yami groups' perceptions of the impacts of the nuclear waste repository contrast sharply with the Taiwanese migrants' view on technology and environmental problems. Elderly Yami tend to regard nuclea…
Stakeholder perceptions and responses to GM crops and foods
Many societies face the problem of how to cope adequately with new inventions and technologies. Many are now in the middle of debates about GM crops and foods. This paper examines how stakeholders in Taiwan perceive GM crops and foods and the implications of these perceptions for risk governance and sustainable development. The research utilizes documentary analysis, data gathered from in‐depth interviews and focus group discussions. It shows civ…
Environmental citizenship and sustainable development
This paper examines how issues of environmental citizenship play out in the context of an industrial waste facility siting controversy in Taipei, Taiwan, and the implications of this complex predicament for justice and sustainable development generally. It shows the ways in which local activists perceive the adverse effects of a development project that generates industrial waste and incinerator ash in their hometown. Local activists feel exclude…
Environmental justice and nuclear waste conflicts in Taiwan
How do issues of environmental justice play out in conditions of cultural diversity? This question is explored using the case of the controversy surrounding the storage of nuclear waste on Orchid Island, Taiwan, the homeland of the Yami aborigines. It provides a contextualised example that reveals that the Yami tribe and Taiwanese migrants have multiple understandings of environmental justice, and explores the questions of how we might respond to…
Disaster governance and community resilience
Typhoon Morakot triggered flooding and mudslides in various areas and devastated Aboriginal villages located near areas under construction by the Water Diversion Project in Kaohsiung County. This paper examines the controversy surrounding Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan from the perspective of disaster governance. This study provides competing perspectives regarding who was responsible for causing the disaster. Post-disaster reconstruction initiatives …
Environmental justice and nuclear waste conflicts in Taiwan
How do issues of environmental justice play out in conditions of cultural diversity? This question is explored using the case of the controversy surrounding the storage of nuclear waste on Orchid Island, Taiwan, the homeland of the Yami aborigines. It provides a contextualised example that reveals that the Yami tribe and Taiwanese migrants have multiple understandings of environmental justice, and explores the questions of how we might respond to…
Environmental citizenship and sustainable development
This paper examines how issues of environmental citizenship play out in the context of an industrial waste facility siting controversy in Taipei, Taiwan, and the implications of this complex predicament for justice and sustainable development generally. It shows the ways in which local activists perceive the adverse effects of a development project that generates industrial waste and incinerator ash in their hometown. Local activists feel exclude…
Reclaiming energy justice in Taiwan? Insights on deliberation democracy from the Thao Tribe's renewable energy initiative
Environmental justice and the politics of pollution
Research on environmental justice in authoritarian regimes, and in particular on how transnational networks support problem framing and claims-making in the absence of state-led democratic participation instances, is limited. This article uses the case of untreated wastewater from a steel mill owned by Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group, which caused mass fish deaths along coastal provinces in Vietnam in 2016, to explore how civic grou…
Indigenous political participation in the deliberative systems
Although research on the deliberative systems has been extensive, relatively little attention has been paid to indigenous deliberation. This article provides an analysis of how indigenous civic organizations use deliberative means to influence the policy decisions pertaining to indigenous lone-term care service and how indigenous deliberation and advocacy has helped in enhancing the deliberative capacity and forming the shared narratives of indig…
Indigenous participation and knowledge justice in deliberative systems
Research on deliberative systems with detailed discussions on the deliberative features of Indigenous activism is limited. The systemic approach of deliberative democracy argues that activism constitutes an integral part of public deliberation. Drawing on the controversy on flooding and wild creek remediation on Orchid Island, Taiwan, this article explored how Tao tribespeople have used deliberative ways to influence political processes at multip…
Environmental justice and nuclear waste conflicts in Taiwan
How do issues of environmental justice play out in conditions of cultural diversity? This question is explored using the case of the controversy surrounding the storage of nuclear waste on Orchid Island, Taiwan, the homeland of the Yami aborigines. It provides a contextualised example that reveals that the Yami tribe and Taiwanese migrants have multiple understandings of environmental justice, and explores the questions of how we might respond to…
Environmental citizenship and sustainable development
This paper examines how issues of environmental citizenship play out in the context of an industrial waste facility siting controversy in Taipei, Taiwan, and the implications of this complex predicament for justice and sustainable development generally. It shows the ways in which local activists perceive the adverse effects of a development project that generates industrial waste and incinerator ash in their hometown. Local activists feel exclude…
Public perceptions and the nuclear waste repository on Orchid Island, Taiwan
This paper examines public perceptions of the nuclear waste repository on Orchid Island, Taiwan and how differing perceived risk and knowledge of nuclear waste might relate to worldviews, culture and social experiences. The majority of the aboriginal Yami groups' perceptions of the impacts of the nuclear waste repository contrast sharply with the Taiwanese migrants' view on technology and environmental problems. Elderly Yami tend to regard nuclea…
Stakeholder perceptions and responses to GM crops and foods
Many societies face the problem of how to cope adequately with new inventions and technologies. Many are now in the middle of debates about GM crops and foods. This paper examines how stakeholders in Taiwan perceive GM crops and foods and the implications of these perceptions for risk governance and sustainable development. The research utilizes documentary analysis, data gathered from in‐depth interviews and focus group discussions. It shows civ…
Justice, community knowledge, and waste facility siting in Taiwan
This article examines justice in the context of a controversial industrial waste facility siting in a Hakka (a minority ethnic group) town in Taiwan. It provides analysis of local perceptions of disproportionate risk, community knowledge claims, and the challenges of citizens to the controversial environmental impact assessment process. It explores knowledge disputes among regulators, developers, and local activists; it considers the struggle of …
Disaster governance and community resilience
Typhoon Morakot triggered flooding and mudslides in various areas and devastated Aboriginal villages located near areas under construction by the Water Diversion Project in Kaohsiung County. This paper examines the controversy surrounding Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan from the perspective of disaster governance. This study provides competing perspectives regarding who was responsible for causing the disaster. Post-disaster reconstruction initiatives …
Evaluating the 2008 consensus conference on genetically modified foods in Taiwan
Genetically modified foods have become one of the most popular topics for deliberative exercises involving ordinary citizens worldwide. This paper examines the Taiwanese consensus conference on GM foods held in June 2008, and the implications and limitations of the public deliberations. The consensus conference facilitated multiparty dialogues and enhanced citizens’ knowledge, and affected their attitudes. This study demonstrates the ways context…
Environmental Justice and the Politics of Risk
Environmental justice in a transitional and transboundary context in East Asia
Environmental justice campaigns in East Asian countries are primarily concerned with environmental &s;bads&s;: specifically, industrial and high-tech pollution that has caused cancer-related health problems among many workers and disadvantaged residents in remote areas. This chapter explores the unfolding of environmental justice issues in the context of democratic transition. It examines the complexity and dynamics of generating spaces of inequa…
Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan
This book is a pioneering analysis of the deliberative systems approach in Taiwan, extending an understanding of Taiwanese democratic politics and consolidating links between theoretical development and a practical application of deliberative practices. As a front-runner of new democracies in Asia and a relatively open society, Taiwan provides a model for deliberative governance, with a view towards institutional innovation and increasing democra…
Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan
Indigenous participation and knowledge justice in deliberative systems
Research on deliberative systems with detailed discussions on the deliberative features of Indigenous activism is limited. The systemic approach of deliberative democracy argues that activism constitutes an integral part of public deliberation. Drawing on the controversy on flooding and wild creek remediation on Orchid Island, Taiwan, this article explored how Tao tribespeople have used deliberative ways to influence political processes at multip…
Indigenous political participation in the deliberative systems
Although research on the deliberative systems has been extensive, relatively little attention has been paid to indigenous deliberation. This article provides an analysis of how indigenous civic organizations use deliberative means to influence the policy decisions pertaining to indigenous lone-term care service and how indigenous deliberation and advocacy has helped in enhancing the deliberative capacity and forming the shared narratives of indig…
Environmental justice and the politics of pollution
Research on environmental justice in authoritarian regimes, and in particular on how transnational networks support problem framing and claims-making in the absence of state-led democratic participation instances, is limited. This article uses the case of untreated wastewater from a steel mill owned by Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group, which caused mass fish deaths along coastal provinces in Vietnam in 2016, to explore how civic grou…
Democratising science in deliberative systems
Research on the science–policy interaction that happens in deliberative systems is limited. Drawing on concepts of democratisation of science and deliberation, this study used the case of dumping industrial waste on farmland in Taiwan to explore how local activists and non-governmental organisations contribute to knowledge production, democratising science and the epistemic–ethical–democratic functions for deliberative systems. The research metho…
Energy justice and deliberative democratisation
Research on deliberative democracy that contains a detailed discussion of its relationship to justice in Indigenous territory is limited. Through a case study of the controversy over a solar energy project on Kanaluvang tribal land in Taiwan, this article explores how issues of energy justice are constructed in multiple communication and deliberative sites of the governance system and the role of Indigenous activism and deliberation in addressing…
Reclaiming energy justice in Taiwan? Insights on deliberation democracy from the Thao Tribe's renewable energy initiative
Democratizing Food Safety Governance in Taiwan
This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.Research on deliberativedemocracy pay little attention to hybrid forums, civic activism, social mediaand the interplay of multiple transmission in the deliberative system. This articleexamines the interconnection of multiple transmission mechanisms in thedeliberative system and how they interact together and complement each other toimprove the deliberative and democrati…
Political science (15 works) · Law (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Politics (11 works) · Economic Justice (7 works) · Environmental ethics (6 works) · Environmental justice (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Risk Perception and Management (6 works) · Democracy (5 works)