Party-Institutionalization and Regime Durability: The Dominance and Decline of the KMT's Single-Party Rule in Taiwan (1949-2000).

This paper investigates how party organization might enhance the durability of a single-paper regime overtime. Drawing from Angelo Panebianco's organizational theory, it argues that extent of party institutionalization influences the internal cohesion and stability of a party. Based on an in-depth study of the Kuomintang Party (KMT)'s party organization and recruitment patterns in Taiwan, this paper explains how an authoritarian-hegemonic regime under Chiang Ching-Kuo (1975-1986) transformed into a predominant party regime under Lee Teng-hui (1986-2000) and eventually gave way to competitive, liberal democratic regime in 2000. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]