Journal of Power, Politics & Governance

Presidentialized Semi-Presidentialism in Taiwan: View of Party Politics and Institutional Norms
Yu-Chung Shen

Abstract
This paper looks at the presidentialized semi-presidentialism in Taiwan through the interaction among party politics, the constitutional framework and the electoral systems. In terms of the constitutional system, Taiwan is a semi-presidential regime with a mixed member majoritarian electoral system, and the de facto constitutional operation has been moving toward a presidential system over the past decade. This paper will employ the party system as the mediator because the party system, conditioned by the electoral system, will affect the constitutional operation. Even though a stable party system is in favor of a strong parliament, the concurrent election and the mixed member majority electoral system will result in party presidentialization and even a presidentialized semi-presidentialism.

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