Hualien and Taitung Civil Movements--Bill Moyer`s MAP Model as an Approach

• Main Authors: Wu, Ju-Mei, 吳如媚
• Other Authors: Ko, Chih-Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gg4j34

碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 公共與文化事務學系區域政策與發展研究碩士班 === 103 === Prompted by waves of student protests, labor and peasant movements in the 80s, the society of western Taiwan entered an epoch when authority began to dismantle and democratic transformation and solidification started to develop. Lifting of the martial law has brought the constitutional rights, such as the freedom of establishing a political party, of assembly and association, and of speech back to the citizens. However, not until the policy of moving industries eastward in former president Teng-hui Lee’s presidency did the controversial social events, including the development of Ho-ping Cement District, the widening of Highway 11, and the plant expansion of Taiwan Cement Company, took place one after another rapidly in Hualien. The controversies of Suhua Highway in 2008 led to many profound conflicts and compromises among the government, local people and the civil organizations. The civil society in Hualien and Taitung was gradually established in a boisterous, high-tensioned process. In June 2011, the Hualien-Taitung Area Development Act was passed, whose policies enabled the systematic cooperation between the civil society in Haulien and Taitung. In addition to ongoing government supervision and resisting of wrong or inappropriate policies, the civil society also advocates actively setting up the “2022 Hualien Taitung Vision Civil Forum.” The Forum, being an interdisciplinary platform, has not only organized numerous workshops to present the visions from civil society but also made proposals to enter institutions. After the coordination and efforts between civil organizations and the government, the first civil proposal was officially online for tendering near the end of 2014. This successful case marked the first step of civic engagement in policy making and implementation in Hualien and Taitung. This thesis closely examines the various protests in the early 90s, the Suhua Highway movement, anti- Hualien-Taitung Area Development Act movement and the establishment of Hualien-Taitung Forum by comparing with the eight-stage model and four roles proposed in Bill Moyer’s The Movement Action Plan (MAP). Using the model as a framework and the four roles to facilitate research and analysis, the easily confused, ignored or misplaced elements in social movements can be clearly identified. With the premise that social movements are seen as a means of building a functioning civil society in the process of democratization, Bill Moyer’s MAP eight-stage model does correspond to the context of the civil movements in Hualien and Taitung. By figuring out the stages of the model framework of these movements, this thesis looks forward to being an indicator and approach for social movement workers to reduce unnecessary damages during movements, and to settle the disputes between civil communities and the government, and, ultimately, to welcome an ideal civil government.