Political clientelism and professional baseball in Taiwan

The merger between the two leagues in 2003

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2378044
AutoresPing-Chao Lee (0000-0002-8434-9861, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume47
Fascículo4
Páginas475-491
Data de publicação2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1012690211403063
OpenAlexW2115737949
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências 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