從民主治理觀點論新臺中直轄市之行政區劃策略
黃建銘
《摘要》
本文嘗試由民主治理的角度加以觀察，認為民主治理的建構途徑在於公民社會的形塑，民主制度發展至今，已出現諸多問題，故民主治理給予吾人重新思考傳統民主機制的盲點，進而調整民主制度的潛在缺失，而形塑公民社會似乎成為建構民主治理機制的重要途徑，用以帶動民眾對政策資訊的認識與運用，並強化參與政策之意願。
為改善未來市與區的對應關係、為能建立均衡發展的生活圈域、為能建立符合實際發展現況的區域規劃以及作為體現民主治理的基礎，新臺中直轄市成形後即必須處理「區」的行政區域重劃。然而在「區」行政區域的調整過程中，卻面臨若干挑戰，如「區」行政區劃議題較難引起公民參與意願、「區」行政區劃恐有集體思維傾向、生活圈域的實質改變被忽略以及委託人與代理人間的利益存在衝突的可能性等，故必須從民主治理的角度思考因應策略，吾人認為面對現今新臺中直轄市的局勢，必須強化文官對民主治理價值的體認、透過政策行銷提振公民參與意願、擴大公民參與途徑以及突破政策慣性，從多元角度思考區域規劃，如此當能克服「區」行政區劃本身的困境，並導入公民力量，以形成更周全的規劃方案。
[關鍵詞]：民主治理、直轄市、臺中市、行政區劃
On Strategies of Administrative Divisions for New Taichung Municipality: Democratic Governance Perspective
Jian-Ming Huang
Abstract
This paper contends that civil society is the foundation of democratic governance. Up to now, many problems have been found in democratic systems, so traditional democratic systems have to be reviewed through democratic perspective and be adjusted to solve some problems. Molding civil societies seems to be an essential approach to setting up the mechanism of democratic governance. By that way, people can get and utilize policy knowledge, thereby strengthening policy participations.
In order to reform intergovernmental span of the new Taichung city, efforts must be made to build balanced living area and set up the foundation which fits in with real regional development as instrument of realizing democratic governance. It is very important to draw up the plan of district divisions. However, there are many challenges in the process of adjusting district divisions, including citizens’ lack of concern over the issue, group-thinking about district divisions, neglecting changes of real living areas and conflicts of interests between principals and agents. Hence, we have to figure out some strategies to deal with the situations. Some suggestions will be put forward, including strengthening civil servants’ understanding of democratic governance values, improving citizens’ policy participation by policy marketing, enlarging citizens’ participation access and overcoming policy inertia. It is necessary to draw up the planning about districts divisions through multiple thinking. By that way, some difficulties hindering district divisions will be conquered and there will be a comprehensive program in the future.
Keywords: democratic governance, municipality under Executive Yuan, Taichung city, administrative division