國立臺灣大學政治科學論叢

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Over  the  past  decades,  research  on  local  factions  has  been  one  of  the  majorfoci in Taiwan’s social and political science fields. In the era of KMT’s long-termone-party  authoritarian  rule,  the  “Red”  and  “Black”  factions  of  Taichung  Countystood in opposition to each other. It became a tradition for the parties to take turnsheading  the  county  government.  This  tradition  can  be  considered  a  typicalfactionalism  operation  in  Taiwan’s  local  politics.  Consequently  the  Government-Council relationship can be seen as an important topic through which the influencesof factionalism on local politics can be examined.This  study  attempts  to  explore  the  interaction  of  the  “Red”  and  “Black”factions  of  Taichung  County,  and  their  impact  on  so-called  divided  and  unifiedgovernment.  We  look  at  the  role  of  factions  on  the  administration-legislaturerelationship from 1951 to 2005 by examining the ratio of governmental bills passed,the number of bills proposed by the council, and the annual budget passed by thecouncil.  While  quantitative  analysis  results  show  no  support  for  the  majorhypotheses,  this  study  identifies  some  key  patterns  in  factional  politics.  By  usingqualitative data derived from interviews, the authors found that reciprocal politics,staff   politics,   and   benefit-sharing,   deeply   influence   administration-legislaturerelationships.