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SUMMARY:The Struggle for Oversight in Local Government: Mayors vs. Councils in the Heart of Taiwan’s Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ben Read\, Professor of Politics\, UC Santa Cruz Title: The Struggle for Oversight in Local Government: Mayors vs. Councils in the Heart of Taiwan’s Democracy Abstract: Having held its eighth straight round of direct elections for the presidency in 2024\, Taiwan is widely praised as a model case of democratization. Beneath the central level\, though\, politics are prone to abuses like those found in many countries\, including the amassing of unfettered power by local bosses. This talk draws on a fieldwork-based project that carefully examines the relatively little-studied topic of horizonta
LOCATION:Rockefeller Hall
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