Taiwan's Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan

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Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Note on Romanisation Part I Introduction, research questions and formation 1 Taiwan’s Green Parties: alternative politics in Taiwan 2 Frameworks and data for analysing Taiwan’s Green Parties 3 Beautiful accidents: the formation of Taiwan’s Green Parties Part II The changing impact and human face of the Green Parties 4 The impact of the Green Parties in Taiwan: elections, media and the international 5 Who are the GPT? Leaders, candidates and supporters Part III The first decade: 1996–2005 6 The GPT’s first election in 1996: Professor Kao catching missiles 7 Almost breaking through in 1998: is it OK to frequent sexual nightclubs? 8 Understanding the GPT’s quiet period: 1999–2005 Part IV The Pan Han-sheng era: 2006–2012 9 Returning to elections between 2006 and 2009: the wish of the Ladybird, Red–Green Alliance and Treetop Protest 10 The struggle to become a relevant party: the 2010 and 2012 campaigns Part V The Lee Ken-cheng era: 2013–2016 11 Reforms and the local breakthroughs and setbacks of 2014: unfinished progress 12 The 2016 GPT SDP Alliance’s failed national breakthrough: the lunchboxes and teenage idol election Part VI The Wang Hau-yu era: 2016–2020 13 A new model of local election campaigning in 2018: winning or selling its soul? 14 The Teng Hui-wen or Wang Hau-yu GPT campaigns in 2020 Part VII Conclusion 15 Conclusion: the aftermath, rebranding, returning to research questions and practical lessons Index