The Government''s Discourse, Communication, and Practice of Establishing Maqaw National Park: A Perspective from J. Habermas'' Theory of Communicative Competence

• Main Authors: Chuang-chin, Chiu, 邱創進
• Other Authors: Chien-Hung, Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61670872341802097514

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 工業關係學系碩士班 === 92 === The purpose of this paper is to investigate how to maximize effectiveness and minimize damage in the formulation of new government policies. The creation of national parks as part of the government’s sustainable land use policy has often created significant misunderstandings and conflicts between the government and local residents or aboriginals. Three of Taiwan’s six national parks are located in aboriginal areas in the high mountains — including Yu-Shan National Park, Taroko National Park and Shei-Pa National Park. The historical reasons behind the establishment of these national parks can be traced back to Japanese colonial times and the period of KMT rule. Around the end of 20th century, environmental organizations discovered that the Veterans Affairs Commission of the Executive Yuan and the Forestry Bureau of the Council of Agriculture still logged the precious hinoki cypress in the Chi-Lan area. In response, these environmentalists called upon the government to establish a national park to protect the hinoki. However, the local Tayal aboriginal people held a different view and wanted the government to return to them these traditional ancestral lands and further grant them the right to “self-govern.” According to Jürgen Habermas’ theory of communicative competence, communication under four validity claims may create communicative reality and then reach a consensus. To communicate and explain the policy to the Tayal aboriginals, the Interior Ministry’s Construction and Planning Agency, which supervises the National Park Administration, held numerous conferences and forums in the rural countryside. However, the two sides could not reach any consensus. The writer’s conclusion is that the government should first create a new, modern, and aboriginal-friendly system in the national park to win the trust of the aboriginal peoples, and then establish the Maqaw National Park.