臺灣原住民的選舉研究史及其評估

Review and Evaluation of the Studies of the Election of Taiwan Aborigines

原住民的選舉研究其文獻極為缺乏，目前僅有五篇所及數篇文章，內容偏重在原住民政治參與裡的制度性、政策性的探討，論述過程中也時而強調其社會文化的特殊性及其應有的權力。在研究方法上，則以制度性研究為主，投票行為研究為輔。在臺灣，選舉幾乎是每一、二年會遇到的政治活動，也是部落裡家常便飯的話題，其對原住民的政治社會文化影響甚巨。然學界對原住民族選舉議題的關心和研究明顯不足，故相關此議題的研究亟需努力的空間！

Up to the present time, only five literatures focused on the elections of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples have been found in graduate school level, which lay their emphasis mainly on the discussion of system making and policy making within political participation. Also, the differences of social culture and original rights have been emphasized. As for research method, institutional approach is prior to voting behavior.
In Taiwan, voting is the frequent political activity in every one, or two years. It is also the popular issues among tribes. It goes without saying that it influences the so-called Indigenous Society greatly. And yet, research focused on voting issues among Taiwan Indigenous Peoples has shown lesser concern and study. Therefore, there is much room needed to be discussed on this issue.