辨識韌性社群：臺灣地方創生實踐與爭議的民主性探討

Identifying Resilient Communities: A Democratic Inquiry into Taiwan’s Regional Revitalization Practices and Contestations

這項研究重新檢視臺灣民主進程背景下的地方創生（regional revitalization, RR）政治過程。研究揭示了國家（the state）在RR政策中的俘虜現象以及臺灣民主社會中當地人對「社區」和「地方」的爭論。一方面，官僚官員強調臺灣社會面臨的國家安全問題，即老化社會和（年輕）人口下降。該政策取向與前任在社區建設發展努力上的政策取向明顯不同，本質上是新自由主義和技術官僚主義。另一方面，當地人對RR的議程相對比加靈活，是以前社區建設原則的連續體，並且願望各不相同，從經濟和當地工業發展到維持當地文化和歷史的彈性。這項研究調查了當地社區團體在與官僚國家政權競爭以獲取他們想要的議程的影響力。

This research revisits and examines the politics of regional revitalization (RR) processes (地方創生) within the context of democratic progression in Taiwan. It identifies the phenomena of state capture in RR policy and explores contestations over the meanings of“community”and“place”as articulated by local residents in Taiwanese democratic society. On the one hand, bureaucratic officials emphasize the national security challenges facing Taiwanese society—namely, an aging population and the decline of younger generations. The state’s policy orientation marks a clear departure from earlier community-building efforts, being neoliberal in essence and technocratic in nature. On the other hand, local residents’agendas for RR are more fluid—a continuation of previous community-building principles—and vary in focus, ranging from economic and local industrial development, to the resilience needed to sustain local cultures and histories. This research raises an inquiry: how resilient are local community groups in negotiating with the bureaucratic state regime for leverage in advancing their own agendas, if any?