英文摘要 |
Conventional wisdom on semi-presidentialism has claimed that unified governments can entail more political stability and less political deadlock than minority governments. However, when we observe the operation of unified governments in Taiwan's semi-presidential trajectory from 2008 to 2012, we can identify political cleavages within the executive and political conflicts between the executive and legislative branches. Why do unified governments in president-parliamentarism still suffer serious political cleavages within the governing party? Our findings are below. First, Taiwan's parliament passed some controversial bills to rebel against the president's authority or preeminence over the parliament. Second, the enlargement of presidential real authority or power has curtailed the autonomy of the premier and cultivated non-collectivization of the cabinet. Third, the phenomenon of presidentialization has weakened the functions of the ruling party. Fourth, Taiwan as a president-parliamentary system, one subtype of semi-presidentialism, did not experience democratic breakdown but the system was difficult to operate even during the period of unified governments. |