對立與妥協試論夜市與國家的關係

Opposition and Compromise: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Night Market Traders and Taiwan's State

這篇論文試圖引用士林夜市的個案來說明臺灣國家如何在建構經濟上扮演了一個重要的角色，即使一些學者常強調臺灣一些類似不干涉主義的經濟政策。筆者追蹤了警方及夜市攤販在半年中一系列的互動，來分析不同形式的市場秩序是如何達成的，而國家的政策及行動又如何潛藏於這些市場秩序的形成中;筆者強調，無論國家是否直接「干預」經濟，國家一直都扮演著建構經濟的角色。

This article attempts to use a case study to demonstrate how Taiwan'sstate has played an important role in constituting the economy, despite theassertion by many scholars that the state seemingly follows a hands off policyin economic policy. I trace a series of interactions which covered half a yearbetween the police and venders at the Shih-lin night market in order to analyzehow different kinds of market regulation are realized and how state actions andvendor resistance underlie how these night markets are regulated. I focus inparticular on two vendor strategies, namely: (1) attempts to establish anillegal cooperative system with the police and (2) campaigns to institutionalizea tourist night market project. Despite the fact that the results of these twostrategies appear to show that are gaining ground, the case under considerationnonetheless also provides ample evidence of continued indirect state controlover vendors. The case of the Shih-lin night market implies that no matterwhether Taiwan's state directly interfers with the eocnomy, the state has beenomnipresent and has always framed the very context within which economy activitytakes place.