Democratization, Institutional Reform and Ethnic Politics in the Asia-Pacific

亚太地区的民主化、制度改革与民族政治

• 批准号: DP0663375
• 负责人: Prof Benjamin Reilly
• 金额: $ 6.86万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2006-06-30 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0663375
• 关键词: Democratization; Institutional; Reform; Ethnic; Politics

The democratisation of the Asia-Pacific has significant implications for Australia. Consolidated democracies are better able to manage internal conflicts, and less likely to pose a threat to their neighbours via arms trafficking, refugee flows, and transnational terrorism. However, the initial transitional period of democratisation can be highly fraught, and many of the new democracies of the Asia-Pacific are fragile, beset by internal cleavages and conflicts. If ways can be found to manage ethnic and other cleavages within a democratic framework, the prospects for peaceful and stable governance in the region will be significantly enhanced. This has the potential to transform the security of the region and Australia's relations with it.

亚太地区的民主化对澳大利亚具有重要意义。巩固的民主国家更有能力管理内部冲突，不太可能通过武器贩运、难民流动和跨国恐怖主义对邻国构成威胁。然而，民主化的初始过渡期可能非常令人担忧，亚太地区的许多新民主国家都很脆弱，受到内部分裂和冲突的困扰。如果能够找到在民主框架内处理族裔和其他分裂的办法，该区域和平与稳定施政的前景将大大加强。这有可能改变该地区的安全以及澳大利亚与该地区的关系。