| ID | 073382 |
| Title Proper | Challenging state corporatism |
| Other Title Information | the politics of Taiwan's labor Federation movement |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ho, Ming-sho |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper traces the post-authoritarian development of state-labor relations in Taiwan by focusing on the union federation movement (1994-2004). Since the late 1980s, Taiwan's labor movement has sought to challenge state-corporatist control, in the sense of representative monopoly by a conservative national federation. Owing to legal restrictions and the availability of support from the Opposition, Taiwan's labor movement opted for the strategy of political alignment rather than building organizational basis. Close cooperation with Opposition élites enabled the labor movement to bend the iron bars of state corporatism with a relatively weak organizational basis. With the legalization of the Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions in 2000, industrial labor finally acquired an institutional position within the political system and was able to promote labor reforms. Nevertheless, the TCTU remained organizationally fragile, financially weak and faction-ridden as a result of the political alignment strategy. Consequently, the demise of state corporatism ended the labor federation movement, rather than ushering in a new era of societal corporatism. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Journal No. 56; Jul 2006: p107-127 |
| Journal Source | China Journal No 56 |
| Key Words | Taiwan ; Labour Movement ; Social Conflict ; State Corporatism |