Contested Governance Between Politics and Professionalism in Taiwan.

Presents a critical examination of the evolution of the environmental impact assessment in Taiwan. Initial introduction as an economic policy-making instrument; Upgrading of the EIA following grassroots opposition; Cultural practice of the EIA since 1995 focusing on controversial issues; Failure of the current EIA, with the proclaimed standard of science and objectivity, as politics intervened in the disguise of professionalism.