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Political clientelism and professional baseball in Taiwan

The merger between the two leagues in 2003

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ID2378044
AuthorsPing-Chao Lee (0000-0002-8434-9861, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume47
Issue4
Pages475-491
Publication date2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1012690211403063
OpenAlexW2115737949
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited26

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

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