| Summary: | 碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 政治學研究所碩士在職專班 === 96 === 英 文 摘 要
Autonomy of local government has been the predominant political system adopted by leading democratic nations around the world. It represents democratization of a country. It has been nearly half a century since the townships and cities of Taiwan were given the power of self-governance, which to significant extent has helped realize the concept of “by the people.” Political shifting in recent years, however, has given rise to alarming phenomena such as contempt of the law and ethics, as well as involvement of illegal funds and local factions in the political system. This paper explores autonomous rule of the township/city government via examination of the township/city council. From the external environment it scrutinizes the process in which local factions, political parties and interest groups influence the legislative, procedural and budgetary functions of township/city councils, as well as the problems engendered. It also analyzes the legal status of democratization in local autonomy and ways to enhance the functions of self-governance.
Chapter 1: Introduction. This chapter explains the motive and objective of the study, research method and framework, research scope and limitation and current situation of the study.
Chapter 2: Relevant theoretic foundations, including: system theory, role theory, group theory and decentralization and check-balance theory.
Chapter 3: Organization and development of township/city councils.
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