The Perceptions of the Party Members toward the Party Caucus Negotiation: A Case Study of the Seventh Legislative Yuan in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chao-hsiung Juan, 阮昭雄
• Other Authors: 翁興利
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22270591082163794225

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 公共行政暨政策學系碩士在職專班 === 98 === Abstract "The majority, respect for minorities" is a very important principle in democratic politics, the number of seats in Congress represent the strength of a political parties. In the bill dispute, the majority party can be made by a majority vote of support to carry out their will, but also through the consultation for that respect for minority and reduce confrontation and struggle between political parties to speed up the legislative decision-making efficiency, making congressional procedure goes well. The legislative caucus negotiation is the important part of decision-making system. Taiwan's Legislative Yuan party caucus negotiation system initially from informal "cross-party consultation". Until the year 1999, the system gradual evolution after the operation and effectiveness of negotiation to be provided, its operation is an important legal basis for negotiation. In Taiwan, the party caucus negotiation system is the process of parliamentary reform and democratic development of an essential role. Base on the Congress decision-making model and empirical research approach, the study is aimed at explore the main party member of the Seventh Legislative Yuan's perceptions toward the party caucus negotiation and its role in the legislative making process. The study found, both the ruling and opposition parties, most of the members hold a positive view, the party caucus negotiation is essencial to increase efficiency legislation. In conclusion, this study will explain in different dimension, respective from the party caucus negotiation environment, party caucus negotiation norms and its implementation, to provide some suggestions for improvement. Key Words: legislative yuan 、the party caucus、legislative efficiency