Sponsoring Civil Society
State and Community Movement in Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2275010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M S Ho (0000-0001-6879-1783, National Taiwan University, corresponding author), Ming‐sho Ho |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 404-423 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-682x.2012.00413.x |
| OpenAlex | W2108325365 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article contributes to the growing literature on the synergic production of civil society in newly democratized countries. State sponsorship can be effective when clientelism, as a form of social dominance, continues to frustrate purposive organization from below. Three elements are necessary for this scenario. First, a group of reform-minded officials must be able to pursue an independent agenda that deviates from local elites. Second, reformers have to create new institutional avenues to channel resources downward by bypassing local politicians. Lastly, civil society organizations must be capable of effectively responding to the initiatives from above. I use Taiwan's community movement to understand the logic and consequences of sponsoring civil society. State endorsement is critical to legitimatize community organizations' presence in local politics. With a detailed analysis of a local case, the Qiaodou community movement, I argue that state sponsorship is critical for the growth of civil society organizations. Sponsored movement activism maintains its political independence by leveraging the incoherence in bureaucratic division of labor, and its professional expertise offers an advantageous bargaining position when facing officials
Bureaucracy · Civil society · Clientelism · Democracy · Dominance (genetics) · Economics · Independence (probability theory) · Local government · Political economy · Political opportunity · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Social movement · Sociology · State (computer science) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |