Contending Conceptualizations of 'Civil Society' and Their Implications For Democracy and Peace in East Asia

“公民社会”概念的争议及其对东亚民主与和平的影响

• 批准号: 14320031
• 负责人: FUKUI Haruhiro
• 金额: $ 9.66万
• 依托单位: Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hisoshima City University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2002 至 2003
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-14320031/
• 关键词: Civil society; conflict resolution; conflict prevention; peacebuilding; 紛争; アジア

The objective of this research was to assess the usefulness and appropriateness of the notion of 'civil society,' which emerged from the Western social and historical context, in the analyses of Asian political development and post-conflict situation. The research further looked into a possibility of universality of the notion as well as the role of civil society as a factor for structural changes in the conflict resolution process.Members of the project exchanged their views at meetings and through e-mail communications, and conducted field trips to East Timor, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Central Asia, South Korea. The project held a joint workshop with the Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) on the role of civil society in conflict resolution. The invitation of TAPRI made it possible to have comparative views and analyses between Europe and Asian cases. The report of the project was compiled based upon the fruits of the workshop. The report first reviewed theoretical aspec … More ts of evolution of civil society both in the Asian context and in the context of security. Then the roles of civil society at the post conflict peace-building as well as preventing conflict were discussed. It also analyzed the development of civil society in assistance policy formulation process.The research depicted that the role of civil society is strongly being aware of by both donors (or international actors) and beneficiaries (or local communities) in Asian cases of conflict resolution and peace building although it is an extremely 'western' notion. There is always a possibility of friction between donors and local communities, deriving from discrepancies between local social norms and a 'western' notion of civil society. It also should be pointed out a possible emergence of dependency relationship between them. However, the research found the increasing importance of the role of civil society in prevention and resolution of conflict as civil society actors play significant roles in various ways such as providing public services instead of weak governance and constructing communication channels between communities for spontaneous mediation. Less

本研究的目的是评估从西方社会和历史背景中产生的“公民社会”概念在分析亚洲政治发展和冲突后局势时的有用性和适当性。该研究进一步探讨了这一概念的普遍性的可能性，以及民间社会作为冲突解决进程中结构性变革因素的作用。该项目的成员在会议上和通过电子邮件交流交换了意见，并对东帝汶、柬埔寨、斯里兰卡、阿富汗、中亚、韩国进行了实地考察。该项目与坦佩雷和平研究所（TAPRI）举办了关于民间社会在解决冲突中的作用的联合研讨会。 TAPRI的邀请使得欧洲和亚洲案例的比较和分析成为可能。该项目的报告是根据研讨会的成果编写的。报告首先回顾了亚洲背景和安全背景下公民社会演变的理论方面。然后讨论了民间社会在冲突后建设和平以及预防冲突中的作用。它还分析了民间社会在援助政策制定过程中的发展。研究表明，在亚洲解决冲突和建设和平的案例中，捐助者（或国际行为者）和受益者（或当地社区）都强烈意识到民间社会的作用，尽管这是一个极其“西方”的概念。由于当地社会规范与“西方”公民社会概念之间的差异，捐助者与当地社区之间始终存在发生摩擦的可能性。还应该指出它们之间可能出现依赖关系。然而，研究发现，民间社会在预防和解决冲突方面的作用日益重要，因为民间社会行为者以各种方式发挥着重要作用，例如提供公共服务而不是弱治理以及构建社区之间的沟通渠道以进行自发调解。较少的

项目成果

星野俊也: "国際平和回復政策の展開と日本"大阪大学大学院博士論文. 160 (2003)

星野敏也：《国际和平恢复政策的发展与日本》大阪大学研究生院博士论文160（2003）。

秋山 信将: "「通常兵器分野における人材育成」のための知的インフラ整備について"(財)日本国際問題研究所 軍縮不拡散促進センター「通常兵器分野における人材育成」. 8-24 (2003)

秋山信政：“常规武器领域人力资源开发的智力基础设施开发”日本国际事务研究所裁军和不扩散促进中心“常规武器领域的人力资源开发”8-24（2003年）。 ）

水本 和実: "UNTACの成果と新生カンボジアの課題"広島市立大学広島平和研究所編「人道危機と国際介入-平和回復の処方箋」. 179-200 (2003)

Kazumi Mizumoto：“UNTAC 的成就和新柬埔寨的挑战”，广岛市立大学广岛和平研究所编辑，“人道主义危机和国际干预 - 恢复和平的处方”179-200 (2003)。