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Liao, Da-Chi., Chien, Herlin., Lin, Fu-Ren., Huang, Feng-Mei. and Lee, Chen-Shun. "Party Competition and Democratic Quality--A Comparative Study of Information Seeking and Networking in the Fourth and Fifth Legislative Yuan" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-09 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211989_index.html>

Liao, D. , Chien, H. , Lin, F. , Huang, F. and Lee, C. , 2007-08-30 "Party Competition and Democratic Quality--A Comparative Study of Information Seeking and Networking in the Fourth and Fifth Legislative Yuan" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-06-09 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211989_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper tries to explore whether a multiple party system demands more diverse information sources and creates more complex information networks than a single party system does and as a result, predicted by theories of democracy, is capable of deepening democratization process and improving democratic quality. Departing from this theoretical framework, this paper chooses to study information seeking and networks during the legislative process of Taiwan’s fourth (1999-2002)and fifth term Legislative Yuan(2002-5), which are respectively single party scenario and multi-party competition scenario. After carefully reviewing the different categories of bills and the similar processes of scrutinizing those bills across the fourth and the fifth legislative terms, we select five bills each to cross-analyze the formal information seeking activities and the informal information networks. The technique we employ is data-mining technology, aided by manually recode those of listed information providers and invited personnel by the legislative committees. This paper proposes that the information seeking and networks of the fifth term Legislative Yuan is wider, more complex and more professional oriented than the fourth term. The findings of the paper primarily conform to this expectation.

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