2015年台湾政治学会年会

The 21st century has been 15 years. During this time, the first since 2001, 911 events that led to the original produce dramatic changes in the international political system. Since 2008, the global economic situation due to the US credit crisis caused by the collapse of the international financial and credit system; the domino effect of the Arab Spring brings, let the Middle East countries to usher in a new political transformation, better known as the fourth paragraph of change wave wave of democratization; two great countries to compete in international politics, and the United States to return to Asia strategy, so this struggle extends to related areas more military, economic, development. All these very huge impact on the world situation. The question is not only the world's political scholar of great concern, and hope to be further explained. In addition, in recent years around the world can be found in the case of an elected government can not effectively govern the country. When the effect of poor government response, a number of civil society protest emerged, such as the Occupy Wall Street movement, students occupied the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan sunflowers student movement, students in Hong Kong accounted for in the event, showed the ability of civil society on governance rather dissatisfaction. If the focus back to the country, November 29, 2014, the ruling Kuomintang in local elections facing unprecedented defeat, again to reproduce the results of 1997 and 2005, "the central place surrounded by" the. This not only opens up the discussion of how the central and local cooperation in the future, what is more will the upcoming presidential and legislative elections will also result in an unknown impact. In addition, the upcoming 2016, coincides with an important country in the United States, Russia and other state leaders to hold elections in time, it will inevitably have significant impact on the world political situation in the coming year. Therefore in Taiwan Political Science Association will be "Challenges of Democracy and Governance" as the theme of the 2015 Annual Symposium. This will be hoping this through the spindle and invite scholars from the political, economic and social context, the main topic of today's political circles proposed ideas.