The State and Society in Taiwan's Second-track Diphomacy: A Discursive Analysis
Resource
政治科學論叢, 11, 103-125
Journal
政治科學論叢
Journal Issue
11
Pages
103-125
Date Issued
1999-12
Date
1999-12
Author(s)
Shih, C.Y.
Hwang, G.C.
Abstract
Second-track diplomacy is aimed at providing a non-state, and thus less competitive, environment for professionals, primarily academics, from countries in dispute to brainstorm one another for creative solutions to chronic conflict. The unstated assumption that participants have independent roles outside of state, which support them to be caring human beings, carries strong liberal legacy. This paper shows that when this assumption fails to hold, as in Taiwan and China, the meaning of the second track diplomacy to those involved would be dramatically different. The interactions facilitated along the second tracks would have little impacts on conflict resolution.
Subjects
第二軌道外交；國家社會學；中國政治文化；市民社會；Second-track diplomacy；State and society；Chinese political culture；Civil society
Type
journal article