| ID | 175567 |
| Title Proper | Not a Peasant Movement |
| Other Title Information | the Livelihood Struggles of the Taiwanese Labouring Population under the Broken Promise of High-tech Development |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tsai, You-Lin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In contrast to popular opinion, this paper suggests that recent protests against the Taiwanese government's expropriation of farmland for high-tech development in Taiwan do not constitute a peasant movement. Based on Karl Polanyi's double-movement thesis and Ching Kwan Lee's analysis of workers’ uprisings in the context of market reform, this paper shows that the local cause of such a mobilization is the labouring population's struggle to maintain a livelihood against increasing economic and employment insecurity. Moreover, the intensification of market despotism, economic insecurity and the relocation of firms to China have broken the various promises offered by high-tech development. As a result, local protestors have begun to question the necessity of expropriating farmland to make way for the construction of new science industrial parks. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Quarterly , No.243; Sep 2020: p.801 - 822 |
| Journal Source | China Quarterly No 243 |
| Key Words | Taiwan ; Social Protest ; Livelihood Struggles ; Anti-farmland Expropriation ; Polanyi-type Movement ; High-Tech Development |