Policy-Research Nexus: The Case of Pacific Studies in China

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Pacific Affairs Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI:10.5509/202194133

Denghua Zhang

引用次数: 1

Abstract

China has substantially increased its engagement with Pacific Island countries since 2006, driving heightened geostrategic competition between traditional powers and China in the region. Research on Pacific Island countries by Chinese scholars has grown rapidly in recent years, but this development and its relationship with policy needs are little-known outside China. By analyzing the 129 journal articles published by Chinese scholars on Pacific studies between 2006–2019, with supporting interviews, this research aims to expand the debate on the policy-research nexus, especially in the Chinese context, by introducing Pacific studies in China. It argues that official policy needs have largely shaped Pacific studies in China, and that researchers who seek to influence policy-making tend to find the process slow and indirect. This research will also improve our understanding of Chinese scholars’ intellectual support of China’s Pacific diplomacy on certain topics.

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政策研究联系:太平洋研究在中国的案例

自2006年以来，中国大幅增加了与太平洋岛国的接触，加剧了该地区传统大国与中国之间的地缘战略竞争。近年来，中国学者对太平洋岛国的研究迅速发展，但这一发展及其与政策需求的关系在中国以外鲜为人知。通过分析中国学者在2006-2019年间发表的129篇关于太平洋研究的期刊文章，并辅以访谈，本研究旨在通过介绍中国的太平洋研究，扩大关于政策研究关系的辩论，尤其是在中国背景下。它认为，官方政策需求在很大程度上影响了中国的太平洋研究，而试图影响政策制定的研究人员往往发现这一过程缓慢而间接。这项研究也将增进我们对中国学者在某些议题上对中国太平洋外交的智力支持的理解。

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Pacific Affairs AREA STUDIES-

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1.60

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Pacific Affairs has, over the years, celebrated and fostered a community of scholars and people active in the life of Asia and the Pacific. It has published scholarly articles of contemporary significance on Asia and the Pacific since 1928. Its initial incarnation from 1926 to 1928 was as a newsletter for the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), but since May 1928, it has been published continuously as a quarterly under the same name. The IPR was a collaborative organization established in 1925 by leaders from several YMCA branches in the Asia Pacific, to “study the conditions of the Pacific people with a view to the improvement of their mutual relations.”