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題名 From Five No`s to Referendum: The Making of National Security Policy in Taiwan
作者 陳牧民
Chen, Mu-Min
關鍵詞 Taiwan`s security policy;DPP government;Chen Shui-bian;referendum;decision-making
日期 2007-09
上傳時間 25-Oct-2016 17:18:50 (UTC+8)
摘要 This paper analyzes the development of Taiwan`s security policy by exploring the decision-making of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government under the leadership of President Chen Shui-bian from 2000 to 2004. The first part of the paper reviews the development of Taiwan-China relations and theoretical developments related to this subject, as well as the major theoretical approaches adopted by scholars and strategic analysts, to explain the influence of Taiwan-China relations on Taiwan`s security. Next the paper attempts to define the structure and process of the security policymaking mechanism during Chen`s government to identify the major ”players” in the decision-making process and their roles. The last part of the paper examines the development of the referendum issue before the 2004 presidential election in order to show how President Chen`s decision-making style affected the decision to hold the controversial referendum in March 2004, and how such a decision-making mechanism makes a foreign policy crisis inevitable. This paper finds that President Chen and his DPP government have a top-down decision-making style in which the president is supreme in deciding foreign policy objectives. Limited numbers of high-ranking officials are consulted or involved in the formulation of key policy objectives. This decision-making style often leads to poor communication between different decision-making levels and sometimes misunderstandings among government agencies.
關聯 Issues & Studies,43(3),199-237
資料類型 article
dc.creator (作者) 陳牧民zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Chen, Mu-Min
dc.date (日期) 2007-09
dc.date.accessioned 25-Oct-2016 17:18:50 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 25-Oct-2016 17:18:50 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 25-Oct-2016 17:18:50 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/103332-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This paper analyzes the development of Taiwan`s security policy by exploring the decision-making of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government under the leadership of President Chen Shui-bian from 2000 to 2004. The first part of the paper reviews the development of Taiwan-China relations and theoretical developments related to this subject, as well as the major theoretical approaches adopted by scholars and strategic analysts, to explain the influence of Taiwan-China relations on Taiwan`s security. Next the paper attempts to define the structure and process of the security policymaking mechanism during Chen`s government to identify the major ”players” in the decision-making process and their roles. The last part of the paper examines the development of the referendum issue before the 2004 presidential election in order to show how President Chen`s decision-making style affected the decision to hold the controversial referendum in March 2004, and how such a decision-making mechanism makes a foreign policy crisis inevitable. This paper finds that President Chen and his DPP government have a top-down decision-making style in which the president is supreme in deciding foreign policy objectives. Limited numbers of high-ranking officials are consulted or involved in the formulation of key policy objectives. This decision-making style often leads to poor communication between different decision-making levels and sometimes misunderstandings among government agencies.
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dc.relation (關聯) Issues & Studies,43(3),199-237
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Taiwan`s security policy;DPP government;Chen Shui-bian;referendum;decision-making
dc.title (題名) From Five No`s to Referendum: The Making of National Security Policy in Taiwan
dc.type (資料類型) article