課程目標:課程目標在使修課學生能對於影響台灣民主政治發展的地方派系有所瞭解與認識，並對於其歷史與造成影響能夠有所瞭解，從而誘發對於地方政治生態相關的研究興趣與主題發掘。
課程內涵:本課程主題聚焦在地方政治生態，主要面向包含地方派系、地方選舉、農會、地方政府等，從地方派系的定義開始，循序漸進依次討論，地方派系相關理論與研究途徑、地方派系的形成與發展歷史、地方派系的組織、結構及其運作 、派系與黑金、農會、都市化等關係，最後綜論其在台灣民主政治發展過程中的影響。

Course objectives: Course objectives are to enable students to understand and understand the local factions that influence the development of democratic politics in Taiwan, and to understand their history and influence, thereby developing research interests and topics related to local political ecology.
Connotation of the course: The theme of this course focuses on local political ecology, mainly focusing on local factions, local selection, agricultural association, local government, etc. Starting from the definition of local factions, they discuss step by step, the theory and research paths of local factions, the formation and development history of local factions, the organization, structure and its operations, factional and black gold, agriculture, urbanization and other relationships, and finally discuss its impact in the development of Taiwan's democratic politics.

課堂閱讀書單超過2000字系統無法輸入，請以課堂分發閱讀清單及上課講義為主。

The classroom reading list is more than 2,000 words and the system cannot be entered. Please focus on the classroom reading list and the lectures on the previous class.