《台湾地区的政治转型及分离倾向的发展（1986－2001）》一文以当代台湾地区政治发展及其与台湾分离倾向之间关系为研究客体，旨在揭示以李登辉、陈水扁为首的台湾当局及“台独”势力利用台湾政治转型和“民主化”从事分裂祖国的活动，从而在理论上揭批“台独”思潮，在实践中促进祖国统一大业早日完成。同时，台湾地区政治转型研究也是当代中国政治学领域一个重要研究课题，是丰富和发展邓小平“一国两制”思想的理论需要。 论文在研究方法上运用历史唯物主义方法，坚持马克思主义国家学说和民主理论，坚持邓小平“一国两制”思想和江泽民主席的“八项主张”，把是否有利于祖国统一作为评价台湾政治转型和“民主化”的主要标准之一。在具体方法上把实证研究和规范分析相结合，历史考察和现实调查相结合。 论文认为，台湾的政治转型是台湾经济发展和阶级关系变化的必然要求，也是由祖国大陆的发展及国际形势的变化所客观决定的。台湾政治转型经历了前后16年时间，期间进行了六次“宪政改革”，举行了十多次选举，台湾地区的政治结构和运行机制都发生了重大变化。论文指出，台湾地区的政治转型具有“民主化”、“本土化”和“国际化”三个特点。其中，“民主化”贯穿于政治转型全过程及各个方面，“民主化”在台湾岛内表现为“本土化”，对外则表现为“国际化”。“民主化”、“本土化”及“国际化”三者本来都是本身没有负面意义、有些在台湾历史上甚至起过积极作用的概念，但却在台湾政治转型以来被台湾当局及“台独”势力加以歪曲，将“民主化”等同于“台独”，将“本土化”等同于“去中国化”，将“国际化”等同于“两个中国”或“一中一台”，从而在两岸关系上呈现分离趋势。 论文的结论是，台湾的政治转型一方面是由国民党专制统治向台湾当局标榜的西方式民主政治的过渡，同时也是由坚持一个中国原则、主张两岸统一向拒不承认一个中国原则、主张“两国论”和“台独”的分离倾向的转变。面对分离倾向的发展给两岸关系带来的挑战，论文建议，新时期对台工作要牢固坚持一个中国原则，坚定祖国统一信心，同时从长计议，做好台湾人民和台湾青年的工作，争取实现祖国早日统一。

With Taiwan’s contemporary political development and its relationship with the development of the inclination of splitting Taiwan from the Chinese mainland as the objects of studies, this dissertation titled the Political transition in Taiwan Region and the Development of the Inclination of splitting (1986~2001) is aimed to expose the splitting activities carried out by the Taiwan government headed by Li Denghui and Chen Shuibian under the disguise of the political transition and the “democratization” of Taiwan and consequently criticize the ideological trend of “the independence of Taiwan” for promoting the great cause of the reunification of China. At the same time, to study the political transition of Taiwan is also an important research job in China’s political field and a theoretical need for enriching and carrying on Deng Xiaoping’s thought of “one country, two systems”. In respect of research method, the dissertation makes use of historical materialistic method, insists on the Marxist theories on country and democracy, sticks to Deng Xiaoping’s thought of “one country, two systems” and President Jiang Zemin’s “eight proposals” and appraises the political transition and “democratization” of Taiwan according to the standard that whether they are beneficial for the reunification of the motherland. In respect of the particular method used, positive research and canonical analysis are combined together; historical review and realistic investigation are integrated with each other; and the stress is laid on proving argument with facts. The dissertation holds that Taiwan’s political transition was an inevitable demand of the economic development and the change of class relations in Taiwan and it was also objectively dependent on the development of the mainland and the change of international situations. Taiwan’s political transition successively lasted for 16 years, during which, “constitutional reform” were implemented for six times; election was held for more than ten times; and Taiwan’s political structure and operating mechanism saw significant changes. The dissertation points out that Taiwan’s political transition was characterized by “democratization”, “localization” and “internationalization”, in which, “democratization” was involved in the whole process and all aspects of the political transition and “democratization” was expressed as “localization” within Taiwan and externally expressed as “internationalization”. None of these three terms including “democratization”, “localization” and “internationalization” has any negative meaning by themselves and some of them once played a positive role in the history of Taiwan. However, since the political transformation, they have been distorted by the Taiwan government and the separatists, who have equated “democratization” with “the independence of Taiwan”, “localization” with “cutting Taiwan off from the mainland” and “internationalization” with “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan”. Therefore, there has emerged a trend of splitting in the relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits. The conclusion of the dissertation is that Taiwan’s political transition was a change from the autocratic ruling of Kuomintang into western style democratic politics so called by the Taiwan authority on one hand and a change from insisting on the principle of One China and advocating the reunification of Taiwan and the mainland into refusing to admit the principle of One China and favoring “one China, one Taiwan” and “the independence of Taiwan” on the other hand. The dissertation suggests that, in handling Taiwan affairs, we should adhere to the principle of One China, strengthen the confidence of reunification, and give the question further thought, try to win over the Taiwan people and Taiwan youth, strive for reunification early.