臺灣農會成立至今超過百年,歷經日據時期、國民黨威權統治時期、政黨政治競爭民主化時期,以及政黨輪替後的民主鞏固時期。不同時期執政(統治)者總會要求農會扮演更多非農業以外的政治功能與角色,農會作為一個基層社會組織能如何面對、因應或轉型?甚至做為一個行動主體爭取自身的權益?相對於其他社會組織(或利益團體),農會為何能比其他職業團體更具影響力?這樣的特色給農會帶來怎樣的影響?本文將採歷史研究途徑,借用影響統合主義類型的因素與架構,探討不同時期國家與農會互動關係,國家對農會的支配模式,以及農會呈現自主性角色的轉變過程。 Farmers’ associations were established over one hundred years in Taiwan. Farmers’ associations have well-developed organizations to mobilize support and credit unions to provide financial services. The ruling regime asked for farmers’ associations taken on additionally non-agricultural function and role from Japanese era to KMT. How did farmers’ associations act from a tool for controlling to an autonomous role? This thesis uses corporatism to discover more adequate ways of conceptualizing alternative patterns of state-farmers’ associations relations.