Ep 144 | Taiwan's Green Parties and Alternative Politics in Taiwan: A Discussion with Author Dr. Dafydd Fell

Aug 16, 2021

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A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

Dr. Dafydd Fell is the author of Taiwan’s Green Parties Alternative Politics in Taiwan. He spoke with me about his book, which he started working on in 2012. Topics covered in this episode include the Green Party concept, and the impact that Taiwan's Green Parties have had on Taiwan's other political parties and social movements. Dr. Fell's not only talks about some of the most his most interesting research findings, but how he was personally impacted by the subject matter of his book.

He’s also the Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies at the University of London and we’ll have him back on another episode to talk about the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

How Dr. Fell got interested in Taiwan’s politics
The Green Party concept and origin
Global Greens Network
When Taiwan’s Green Party was established
Dr. Fell’s bookParty Politics in Taiwan
The focus groups with Green Party activists that led Dr. Fell to write Taiwan’s Green Parties
How Dr. Fell is working on a Chinese language version of his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties
The main accomplishments and impact of Taiwan’s Green Party
How Taiwan’s Green Party compares to other Green Parties around the world
The role of Taiwan’s Green Party in the anti-nuclear movement in Taiwan
How Taiwan’s Green Party was the first party to advocate same sex marriage and nominate openly LGBT candidates
How Taiwan’s Green Party raises alternative issues (death penalty, euthanasia for terminally ill)
The Taiwan Green Party’s influence on mainstream political parties
How the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has poached figures from the Green party
The Taiwan Green Party’s electoral performance
Taiwan’s alternative parties
The splinter Green Parties, the Trees Party and GPT-Social Democratic Alliance
The most surprising or interesting finding that Dr. Fell discovered in his research for his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties
How Taiwan could participate in the Green Party’s global network and gain some international visibility
The Asia Pacific Greens network
Keli Yen, Global Greens Convenor (2017-2020)
How England and Wales Green Party Leader Penny Kemp went to Taiwan in 1996 to show support
The current status of Taiwan’s Green Party
How Dr. Fell’s book offers a different perspective on Taiwan’s history through the lens of small political parties and social movements
How Dr. Fell is now working on the Chinese language version of his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties with three Taiwanese scholars who were formerly leaders of Taiwan’s Green Party
How Dr. Fell started working on the book, Taiwan’s Green Partiesin 2012