Abstract
Scholars of party change have extensively examine the question 'why do parties change?' in the advanced industrial democracies. Despite the extensive theoretical and empirical contributions of the extant literature, no systematic study has been done on formerly dominant parties in new and emerging democracies. This study extends the theoretical framework first developed by Harmel and Janda to party change observed in a formerly dominant party in Taiwan - the Kuomintang. Specifically, this article examines the role of electoral performance, leadership change, and dominant factions in effecting changes within the Kuomintang in Taiwan.
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