Moving toward Neoliberalization? The Restructuring of the Developmental State and Spatial Planning in Taiwan

Wang, Chia-Huang

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“…The Taipei theatre project originated from a national level. Following the Asian Crisis (1997) and the Global Financial Crisis (2008), Taiwanese authorities employed creative entrepreneurial initiatives to derive new sources of economic development and enhance international competitiveness (Karvelyte, 2020;Wang, 2011). National government programmes promoted cultural and creative urban strategies, including flagship architectural buildings, and over 24 international design competitions were launched between the early 2000s and 2015 (Tseng, 2015).…”

Section: Policies and Politics At The Core Of The New Theatrementioning

confidence: 99%

A performing arts centre for whom? Rethinking the architect as negotiator of urban imaginaries

Goudsmit,

Kaika,

Verloo

2023

Urban Studies

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In this study, we interpret architecture not as a single imaginary stemming from architects and architectural patrons, but as the result of negotiating urban politics and urban imaginaries between different stakeholders, including policymakers, citizens, and developers. We focus in particular on the role of architects within this process as mediators between different stakeholders, who nevertheless have their own specific agenda to pursue. We draw on an empirical case of the Taipei Performing Arts Centre, a cultural flagship project built in Taiwan and designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Through a review of internal documents, interviews, and content analysis on archival data, we expose the controversy over the integration of the historical ‘low culture’ local food market into the design for the new ‘high culture’ Performing Arts Centre. Although the architects imagined and pursued the integration of the new centre into the existing local culture, both policymakers and local citizens contested this attempt. The study concludes that, despite claims from both policymakers and architects of representing ‘the people’, there were often misunderstandings, deliberate or otherwise, regarding the needs of ‘the people’ or indeed of who ‘the people’ are.

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Section: Policies and Politics At The Core Of The New Theatrementioning

confidence: 99%

A performing arts centre for whom? Rethinking the architect as negotiator of urban imaginaries

Goudsmit,

Kaika,

Verloo

2023

Urban Studies

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“…The lack of coordination between industrial land policy and spatial planning inevitably led Taiwan into an unsustainable situation. Though numerous scholars believed that Taiwan's spatial planning had transferred from earlier "blueprint planning" to "Neo-liberalism" [10][11][12], it does not mean that the state's functional role disappeared. With globalization, the ways and functions of state engagements go deeper into local connections over the world instead, which means Neo-liberalism intensifies the developmental state strategy [12].…”

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Evolving industrial land policy in the developmental state

Cheng

2021

SHS Web Conf.

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As a developmental state, Taiwan had a unique institutional system managing industrial land development, which brought rapid economic growth before 1990. But the system gradually initiated conflicts and slowed down industrial development speed, which moved into a period when industrial, environmental and social sectors distrusted and impeded each other. Taiwan’s government commenced with an institutional transformation and adjusted central government’s position to improve sustainability. A new spatial planning structure was built as a departmental negotiation platform in 2016; and the economic authority raised its policy document ‘Industrial Land Policy White Papers’ in correspondence to bridge the connections vertically and horizontally. This article analyzes the development of Taiwan’s industrial land use policy after the 1960s and argues that the policy has been affected as the change of society. The research therefore concludes three stages during the period from the perspective of historical institutionalism, and argues the current stage which resulted from the introduction of National Spatial Plan may lead to a more sustainable industrial use policy. The departmental policy document, Industrial Land Policy White Paper, constructs the new power structure which reveals the institutional legacy of departmental state strategy. Meanwhile, as a forerunner, Taiwan’s experience could provide an example for younger developmental states in easing the conflicts in democratization and industrial development.

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“…This situation indicates the transformation of developmental state and reflects on its planning system. Numerous scholars believed that Taiwan's spatial planning system was transferred from earlier "blueprint planning" to "Neo-liberalism", but the state's functional role never disappeared [5][6][7]. With globalization, the modes of state's engagements become deeper into local connections over the world instead; which means Neo-liberalism intensifies the developmental state strategy [7].…”

Section: The Conflicts Between Industry Development and Urbanizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2019

CERJ

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In this article, a brief introduction of the industrial development in Taiwan will be elaborated first. Then it will discuss the conflicts between industrial development and urbanization through the case of Kaohsiung City. The transformation of modern developmental state makes central government less power to dominate industry. Thus, the new development mode and relationships among society, local and central government should to be rebuilt in the future.

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Moving toward Neoliberalization? The Restructuring of the Developmental State and Spatial Planning in Taiwan

Cited by 6 publications

References 78 publications

A performing arts centre for whom? Rethinking the architect as negotiator of urban imaginaries

A performing arts centre for whom? Rethinking the architect as negotiator of urban imaginaries

Evolving industrial land policy in the developmental state

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