The Great Recall Movement - Civic Self-Rescue for Taiwan’s Constitutional Democracy

The Great Recall Movement - Civic Self-Rescue for Taiwan’s Constitutional Democracy Lai, You-Hao Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-07-24 eng Confronted with lawmakers they themselves elected just eighteen months ago, Taiwanese citizens have creatively repurposed the antiquated mechanism of "recall" as a last-resort check on a runaway legislature. Sparked by a year of legislative overreach and erosion of constitutional checks, this unprecedented campaign reflects Taiwan's spirit of civic constitutionalism, and its determination to defend its democratic institutions. CC BY-SA 4.0 Lai, You-Hao Constitutional Crisis Constitutionalism Militant Democracy Social Movements Taiwan Taiwan civil society democracy Taiwan 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/taiwan-recall-democracy/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/13506711932ad4fd 250724 10.59704/13506711932ad4fd Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)