The Convergence of Hegemonies? A Dialogue between US-Mexican and Sino-Vietnamese Relations

• Main Authors: Yen-ling Huang, 黃彥綾
• Other Authors: Teng-chi Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2uhpby

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 政治學研究所 === 105 === The purpose of this research is to explore the diverse perspectives on “rising China” in the existing international relations theory and to expand the methods to account for the phenomenon. By adopting the approach of Historical Analysis Comparison and the Method of Agreement, the dissertation is mainly framed by the concepts of hegemony, hierarchy, the asymmetric relations and institutions to illustrate the differences and similarities between Hegemonic Stability Theory and Tributary System, which represent respectively the Western and the Eastern ideology system. On the empirical level, the U.S.-Mexican and Sino-Vietnamese relations are incorporated through the operative parameters of David Lake’s International Hierarchy and David Kang’s Tributary System to verify the appropriateness and the ability of explanation of the two mentioned theories. Following the cross-temporal and cross-sectional comparisons in both theoretical and empirical levels, the study concludes that, despite the ontological differences, the power patterns of the two hegemonies – the U.S. and China – overlap to some degree. Thus, the contrast and analogy of the concepts of hegemony in the West and the East political thoughts may feature certain contributions to the debates about how to include the wide-ranging discourses on China’s rise into the international relations theory.