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Composite Structure Of Power And Secession Unified Mode

Posted on:2009-09-13Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:L XiaFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360272459255Subject:International relations
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Among the Divided-Nations such as Vietnam,Germany and Korea arising after the Second World War,Vietnam was reunified by force,while Germany was reunified in a peaceful way.Why were they able to reunify? Why did they adopt different unification models? The author believes that these issues could not be explained in the logic of "actor orientation",but in the logic of "structure orientation".This dissertation attempts to compare the unification models of the two nations in the perspective of Complex Power Structure and support the hypothesis that "Complex Power Structure determines Divided-Nations' reunification and their model selection".Complex Power Structure is a system of multi-powers.It contains hard power structure and soft power structure.It involves three levels——national power structure,regional power structure and global power structure.Therefore,Complex Power Structure includes six parts which are national-hard power structure, national-soft power structure,regional-hard power structure,regional-soft power structure,global-hard power structure,and global-soft power structure.Vietnam's reunification by force and Germany's peaceful reunification were both the consequence of given complex power structure.On the national level,national -hard power structure included the "political and military" factors,involving the political and military relations between RVN and DRVN,GDR and FRG separately. The political and martial relationship between RVN and DRVN was in tension,and DRVN led the political and martial reunification process by force.While the political and martial relationship between GDR and FRG was in détente,and FRG led the political and martial reunification process in a peaceful way.National-soft power structure was embodied in the "economy and society",including the economic and social relations between DRVN and RVN,FRG and GDR correspondingly.The economic and social relations between RVN and DRVN were in separation,and DRVN led the economic and social reunification process by force.The economic and social relations between GDR and FRG were in integration,and FRG led the economic and social reunification process peacefully.On the regional level,regional-hard power structure was reflected by the "regional big power",related to PRC and FR respectively.PRC and RVN were in hostility,and PRC admitted Vietnam's forceful reunification led by DRVN.While FR improved the relations with GDR and FRG,and accepted the Germany peaceful reunification led by FRG.Regional-soft power structure existed in "regionalism", including ASEAN,EC.Both DRVN and RVN were out of ASEAN,and the Hobbesian culture prevailed in East Asia.While FRG was one of the founders of EC, and the Europe owed Lockean culture.On the global level,global-hard power structure was embodied in the "polar relations",both in the hi-polar characteristics led by U.S.and U.S.S.R.In Vietnam's reunification,U.S.was weaker than U.S.S.R.at that time,and U.S.'s strategic strength in East Asia was declining at that time.While in Germany's reunification,U.S.S.R. was weaker than U.S.,and U.S.S.R.'s influence in East Europe was trailing off. Global-soft power structure was concretely expressed as "ideology",which was characterized by the relationship between socialism and capitalism.As to Vietnam, U.S.army withdrew from RVN,and both U.S.and U.S.S.R.admitted Vietnam's forceful reunification by DRVN.While as to Germany,U.S.S.R.lost the control of GDR,and both U.S.and U.S.S.R.accepted the absorption of the GDR into the FRG. By comparison,we can find the homogeneities and heterogeneities of "Complex Power Structure" in the process of Divided-Nations' reunification.1) Homogeneity is characterized by the followings:On the national level,both Vietnam's and Germany's national-hard power structures were that one of the divided parts led the political and martial reunification process;and both National-soft power structures were that one of the divided parts led the economic and social reunification process.On the regional level,both Vietnam's and Germany's regional-hard power structures were that the regional power accepted the divided nation's reunification process.On the global level,both Vietnam's and Germany's global-hard power structures were that the two poles were unbalanced,and one pole withdrew from the strategic region;and both of global-soft power structures were that one pole lost the control of the divided part, and two poles admitted the divided nations reunification by the divided part.2) Heterogeneity is characterized by the followings:On the national level, nation-hard power structures were that political and martial relations were in tension or in détente,and one of the divided parts led the political and martial reunification process by force or in a peaceful way.National-soft power structures were that economic and social relations were in separation or in integration,and one of divided parts led the economic and social reunification process by force or peacefully.On the regional level,the regional-hard power structures were that the relationships between regional power and divided parts were in hostility or in friendship,and the regional power accepted the divided nation's reunification process by force or in a peaceful way.The regional-soft power structures were that the divided parts were in or out of the regional organization,and the regionalism was Hobbesian culture or Lockean culture.On the global level,the global-soft power structure was that global poles admitted the divided nation's reunification by force or in a peaceful way.In the above, the former factor led to the forceful reunification,and the latter factor led to the peaceful reunification.All the works help us draw a conclusion:"Complex Power Structures determines Divided-Nations' reunification and their model selection".The homogeneities of Complex Power Structure determine whether the Divided-Nations could be reunified or not.The heterogeneities of Complex Power Structure determine whether the Divided-Nations' reunification would choose the force model or the peace model. These theories will count for the Korea and China unification studies to some extent.
Keywords/Search Tags:Complex Power Structures, Divided-Nation's Reunification Vietnam, Germany
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