2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The Engagement Policy of International Society and Political Changes in China

Research Project

Project/Area Number	17510207
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Area studies
Research Institution	Hosei University (2006-2007) Yokohama City University (2005)
Principal Investigator	LIANG Tang Hosei University, Faculty of Law, professor (10257743)
Project Period (FY)	2005 – 2007
Keywords	political reform / human rights / engagement policy / international society / engagement approaches / political pluralism / democracy with Chinese style / democratic mechanism
Research Abstract	This project was to examine the effectiveness of the engagement policy of the international society on political changes in China. In my research, I analyzed two contradictory points of the Government initiated political reform. Which the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) maintains the one-party rule and is still reluctant to accept political pluralism, the promotion of political institution reforms have been moving in the direction of democracy and freedom. Through the case study of engagement over China's human right issues, I developed a theoretical framework to assess the effectiveness of the engagement policy based on an examination of the different engagement approaches by the international society, which include external pressure, strategy dialogue, information engagement and technical support, assessed the impact of the engagement policy on political changes in China.

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