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There are very few scholars who have written on Taiwan's mainland policy-making. With all variables and arguments that have been explored in this dissertation, the mainland policy-making in Taiwan is essentially a unique one, and continues to be a heuristic case in the world with regard to the divided-nations and asymmetrical confronting regimes. The hypothesis in this dissertation is that the international and domestic situation fluctuations are the two decisive elements which compel Taipei decision makers increasingly alter their mainland policy (from "three nos" to broad exchanges). Recently the changing political environment in Taiwan and the more realistic views of the new generation of policy makers are challenging these ideological beliefs (three nos policy). In addition, the different decision-making procedure is a contributing factor which affects the mainland policy directly. It is a critical time to give the Taiwan's mainland policy an intensive examination in order to understand how to keep a collective security in the Northeast Asia. While examining the vicissitudes of Taiwan-mainland Chinese relations during the past four decades, three important factors must be taken into account: one is the United States position in China's unification issue; the second is the domestic changes on both sides of the Taiwan Strait; the third, the unification strategy used by the two rival parties. With these three factors in mind, it is easy to understand the entire package of relationship between Beijing and Taipei. The primary focus of this dissertation is to examine the Nationalist mainland policy under the pressure of the "Taiwan issue," since 1950, and also the causes and factors of the "Taiwan democratization" which make the Taipei leaders partially shift their policy toward the mainland Communist.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / China and Korea have had relations for more than two thousand years. During that period, China greatly influenced Korea. However, as a result of China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894-1895 and the Japanese annexation of Korea from 1910 to 1945, the influence of China over Korea began to wane and was then lost. Meanwhile, while the People's Republic of China (PRC) was the Republic of Korea (ROK)'s primary enemy state, and the United States became the ROK's only military alliance state, particularly due to their intervention in the Korean War in the Cold War era, the PRC, coupled with the United States, has become one of the most important partnership countries of the ROK in terms of security and economy on the Korean peninsula in the post-Cold War era. More importantly, the PRC is the only state which enjoys good relations with the two Koreas. Under these circumstances, the ROK's amicable relations with the PRC and the United States must be extremely important factors for Korean reconciliation and the reunification process. This thesis mainly examines Korea's historical relations with China and the United States, anticipates the role of China in Korean unification, and offers policy recommendations. / Lieutenant Commander, South Korean Navy

盧家耀. / 論文(哲學碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院政治及公共行政學部, 1996. / 參考文献 : leaves 183-190. / Lu Jiayao [Lo Ka-yiu]. / 導言 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章： --- 統一的目的和意義 --- p.39 / Chapter 第二章： --- 中國大陸對台灣的政策（1979-1995) --- p.39 / Chapter 第三章： --- 台灣對大陸的政策（1979-1995) --- p.62 / Chapter 第四章： --- 台灣民主化對統一的影響 --- p.79 / Chapter 第五章： --- 兩岸經貿發展對統一的影響 --- p.103 / Chapter 第六章： --- 總結：「統一過渡期」的構想 --- p.118 / 附錄一：中國(共)全國人民代表大會常務委員會《告臺灣 同胞書》（葉九條） --- p.134 / 附錄二：中國(共)關於台灣回歸祖國實現和平統一的方針 政策 --- p.136 / 附錄三：中國(共)國務院關於鼓勵台灣同胞投資的規定 --- p.137 / 附錄四：中華民國《國家統一綱領》 --- p.141 / 附錄五：中華民國關於「一個中國」的涵義 --- p.143 / 附錄六：中國(共)國務院政策白皮書：《台灣問題與中國 的統一》 --- p.144 / 附錄七：中華民國對中共「台灣問題與中國的統一」白 皮書的看法-只有「中國問題」，沒有「台灣 問題」 --- p.156 / 附錄八：台海兩岸關係說明書 --- p.161 / 附錄九：中國(共)國家主席江澤民兩岸關係講話全文 (江八點） --- p.175 / 附錄十：李登輝總統於國家統一委員會的講話全文 (李六點） --- p.179 / 表1.1:台灣在大陸及東盟四國的直接投資 --- p.19 / 表4.1:兩黨支持人口分析表 --- p.93 / 表4.2:縣市長選舉各黨得票數、得票率統計表 --- p.93 / 表4.3：立法委員三次選舉各黨派席位分配消長 --- p.94 / 表4.5 ：1996年3月23日台灣總統選舉結果 --- p.94 / 表5.1:台灣與部分亞太地區、地價和辦工室租金比較 --- p.104 / 表5.2:台灣與中國大陸經香港轉口貿易表 --- p.108 / 表5.3:大陸台灣科技合作互補性 --- p.109 / 表5.4:兩岸貿易依存度 --- p.109 / 表6.1:分裂國家統一的三個階段 --- p.125 / 表6.2:分裂國家走向統一之四階段 --- p.126 / 表6.3:分裂國家關係進程模式 --- p.127 / 表6.4:「統一過渡期」特點 --- p.130 / 表6.5：「統一過渡期」構想與兩岸統一政策之比較 --- p.132 / 參考書目 --- p.183

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, 1977. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-302).

Child welfare is constantly labeled as “failure- riddled” and “scandalous” with high rates of children who are in an endless cycle of removal, reunification, and removal. Some children have lifelong abuse ramifications due to a longstanding history of childhood abuse. Other children, unfortunately, pay the ultimate price and die. State Child Welfare entities are working within their confines and become bound by federal and state statutes and laws. While media and citizen onlookers criticize and blame the state, workers, and families, the field suffers from a lack of better offers. This dissertation seeks to use the state of Tennessee as a case study to look at the why child welfare policy fails and is it situational by state. Findings indicate that there is no linear correlation for funding and rates of child abuse in states and that the policies implemented are used because of the “fail better” than other policy options. Tennessee is uniquely situated because, in the past 20 years, it has weathered two major scandals in child welfare.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Utah, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [351]-373).

No / This paper explores findings from an exploratory study on sibling relationships following adoption reunion in adulthood. The qualitative data was gathered through in‐depth interviews with 33 adopted adults who were reunited with their birth sibling(s) through an adoption agency in the Republic of Ireland. The findings throw light upon the development of the emotional, often complex, relationships which may emerge when siblings meet for the first time in adult life. Factors influential in facilitating or hindering these post‐reunion relationships are discussed. The important insights are then considered in the context of the wider international literature on adoption, search and reunion.