A Study on Transformation of Party Organization in Taiwan

本研究以国民党与民进党两大政党为例，探讨三权分立对政党组织与行为的影响。在民主化过程中，两党都发展了各自不同的组织。从总统制到半总统制的转变迫使两党提出了他们的组织改革，但最终都未能实施。直到执政（或重新执政），半总统制下的政党“总统化”才在各党中得到认同，并实施了改革。为了加强总统的领导，各政党确实试图将总统担任党主席的机制制度化。但是，由于新选举制度和政党背书规则的影响，总统不一定能控制执政党。

This study examines how the separation of powers in Taiwan affects the parties' organizations nad behaviors, drawing upon the case study of the two major parties, the KMT and the DPP. The two parties had developed their own organizations which were different from each other during the democratization. The change from parliamentarism to semi-presidentialism forced the two parties to set forth their organizational reforms, but neither could carry out them in the end. It was not until assuming (or reassuming) the power that the party "presidentialization" under semi-presidentialism was identified in each party, and then they implemented the reform. In order to strengthen the presidential leadership, the parties did attempt to institutionalize a mechanism for the president to hold the post of the party's chairman. However, the president could not necessarily control the ruling party because of the effects of the new electoral system and the party's endorsement rules.