| dc.description.abstract | With the steadily increasing and strengthening of civil society organizations and their importance at present stage, it is vital to create a system in order to assess the status of the civil societies in various countries and regions. Hence, the civil society index is used as an assessment tool capable of meeting such needs. Through the design, assessment and converging, such a practical index can reflect the status of a civil society in a certain region. Whereas, in recent years Hakka topics are gradually discussed and emphasized in Taiwan, the interaction among Hakka social groups has been transformed from Bonding Social Capital to Bridging Social Capital, and furthermore, it has expanded into Linking Social Capital for capturing resources. In addition, after the enforcement of Hakka Basic Law in year 2010, the milestone of developing multi-cultures has been built as well.
As such, this study was aimed at the exploration of New Taipei City Hakka Social Groups. By applying Delphi Method and Analytic Hierarchy Process, the second phase civil society index (CIVICUS）created by the World Alliance for Citizen Participation was adopted and modified into the appropriate index in measuring Hakka social groups and the weight of various indexes. Then the questionnaires were distributed to New Taipei City Hakka Social Groups to assess current status of Hakka social groups in four major facets including external environment, civil engagement, organization operation, and perceived impact.
The study revealed that New Taipei City Hakka Social Groups had performed consistently and positively in four facets (3.72 to 3.85 with the highest score of 5), among which the civil engagement and organization operation demonstrated better than the other two. The external environment and perceived impact were weaker in performance. The study also discovered that significant differences were shown in the results of civil society indexes caused by the social group job position held by the person responded to the questionnaires, the administrative district of the participated social group, and the major mission type of the social group. Finally, this study suggested that in the future, the study can be extended to crossing administrative districts, for the purpose of enhancing the view of Hakka social groups and mutually learning from each other.
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