Democratization And Democracy In South Korea 1960 Present

Author : Hyug Baeg Im
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811537035

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Democratization and Democracy in South Korea, 1960–Present by Hyug Baeg Im Pdf

This book analyses democratization and democracy in South Korea since 1960. The book starts with an analysis of the distinctive characteristics of bureaucratic authoritarianism and how democratic transition had been possible after inconclusive and protracted “tug of war” between authoritarian regime and democratic opposition. It then goes on to explore what the opportunities and constraints to the new democracy are to be a consolidated democracy, how new democracy had changed the industrial relations in the post-transition period, how premodern political culture such as Confucian patrimonialism and familism had obstructed democratic consolidation, and the improvement of quality of democracy. The author compares empirically, from the perspective of a comparative political scientist, political regime superiority of democracy over authoritarianism with regard to economic development. He concludes that “democratic incompetence” theory has been proven wrong and, in South Korea, democracy has performed better than authoritarian regimes in terms of economic growth with equity, employment, distribution of income, trade balance, and inflation. This book will benefit political scientists, development economists, labor economists, religious sociologists, military sociologists, and historians focusing on East Asian history.

Author : Samuel S. Kim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0521530229

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Korea's Democratization by Samuel S. Kim Pdf

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Author : Larry Jay Diamond,Byung-Kook Kim,Pyŏng-guk Kim
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1555878482

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Consolidating Democracy in South Korea by Larry Jay Diamond,Byung-Kook Kim,Pyŏng-guk Kim Pdf

A review of the dilemmas, tensions and contradictions arising from democratic consolidation in South Korea. It explores the turbulent features of Korean democracy in its first decade, assesses the progress that has been made, and identifies the key obstacles to effective democratic governance.

Author : Carl Saxer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136710728

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From Transition to Power Alternation by Carl Saxer Pdf

In 1987 South Korea began a democratic transition after almost three decades of significant economic development under authoritarian rule. Increased civil unrest caused by dissatisfaction resulted in the regime agreeing to constitutional changes in the summer of 1987. By 1992 the first president without a military background was elected and during his tenure a further deepening of democracy took place. These reforms were instrumental in making it possible that in 1997 for the first time in South Korean history an opposition candidate was elected president. This book examines the initial transition and later attempts at consolidating democracy in South Korea, and argues that although significant progress had been made and a power alternation achieved by late 1997, South Korea could not, by the end of that decade (1987-97), be considered a consolidated democracy.

Author : Chang-jip Ch'oe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 1931368260

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Democracy After Democratization by Chang-jip Ch'oe Pdf

South Korea has been seen by many as an exceptionally successful case among the late capitalist states that sought to achieve both economic development and democratization. In contrast, Democracy After Democratization, which examines the history of South Korean politics and democracy, starts with the startling diagnosis that South Korean society has actually undergone a qualitative change for the worse since the democratic transition of 1987. To explain these controversial aspects of South Korean democracy, author Jang-Jip Choi investigates the structural conditions and historical constraints of its early development and the changes that have occurred since then. Instead of pursuing a chronological narrative or a formalistic explanation, Choi adopts an issue-oriented approach that combines criticism with alternative solutions proposed through theoretical application and extensive comparative analysis. The relevance of Democracy After Democratization is not confined to a single East Asian country but also illuminates the global problems of post-industrial democracy as well as the general impact of Cold War anti-communism and neoliberal globalization on domestic politics and democracy. Book jacket.

Author : Sunhyuk Kim
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822972174

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The Politics of Democratization in Korea by Sunhyuk Kim Pdf

A study that demonstrates how crucial civil society has been to democratic transition, democratic failure, and the recent, ongoing efforts to reform, deepen, and consolidate democracy in Korea.

Author : Erik Mobrand
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295745480

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Top-Down Democracy in South Korea by Erik Mobrand Pdf

While popular movements in South Korea rightly grab the headlines for forcing political change and holding leaders to account, those movements are only part of the story of the construction and practice of democracy. In Top-Down Democracy in South Korea, Erik Mobrand documents another part – the elite-led design and management of electoral and party institutions. Even as the country left authoritarian rule behind, elites have responded to freer and fairer elections by entrenching rather than abandoning exclusionary practices and forms of party organization. Exploring South Korea’s political development from 1945 through the end of dictatorship in the 1980s and into the twenty-first century, Mobrand challenges the view that the origins of the postauthoritarian political system lie in a series of popular movements that eventually undid repression. He argues that we should think about democratization not as the establishment of an entirely new system, but as the subtle blending of new formal rules with earlier authority structures, political institutions, and legitimizing norms.

Author : Charles K. Armstrong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135986391

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Korean Society by Charles K. Armstrong Pdf

While most analyses of Korean politics have looked to elites to explain political change, this new and revised edition of Korean Society examines the role of ordinary people in this dramatic transformation. Taking the innovative theme of 'civil society' - voluntary organizations outside the role of the state which have participated in the process of political and social democratization - the essays collected here examine Korea as one of the most dramatic cases in the world of ordinary citizens participating in the transformation of politics. Key topics discussed include: comparisons of Korean democratization to the experiences of post-authoritarian regimes elsewhere in the world comparisons of the theory of civil society as developed in Western Europe and America the legacy of Korea's Confucian past for contemporary politics and society close examinations of various civil society movements South Korea and North Korea. Conceptually innovative, up-to-date and timely, the new edition of this book will be an invaluable resource for students of contemporary Korea, Asian politics and the global struggle for democracy.

Author : To-chʻŏl Sin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521658233

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Mass Politics and Culture in Democratizing Korea by To-chʻŏl Sin Pdf

This book offers a global account of Korea's place in the current third wave of democratization. It examines the evolution, contours and consequences of Korean democratization, characterizing and distinguishing Korea as a non-Western and Confucian model of democratization.

Author : Chae-Han Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 0367675366

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The New Dynamics of Democracy in South Korea by Chae-Han Kim Pdf

South Korea has been through important changes since its democratization in the late 1980s - most recently in 2016-2017 when the candlelight protests led to the ousting of Park Geun-hye and the election of Moon Jae-in. Taking a thematic approach to understanding South Korean democracy, each chapter in this textbook is written by a leading Korean expert on a different element of South Korean politics and government. Covering themes such as intergenerational differences, the instability of the party system, the role of the president, and the impact of the 2016 demonstrations, this is a vital and lively introduction to Korean politics. This systematic and nuanced approach helps you understand the past, present, and possible futures of South Korea's democracy. It also helps in understanding South Korea's system for the purposes of comparing it with other political systems. The New Dynamics of Democracy in South Korea is an invaluable textbook for students of Korean politics, which will also be a useful resource for scholars of comparative democracy.

Author : Myeong-Han Zoh,Myung Chey
Publisher : 서울대학교출판부
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UCSD:31822021140892

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Korea in the Global Wave of Democratization by Myeong-Han Zoh,Myung Chey Pdf

Author : Joan E. Cho
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472904037

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Seeds of Mobilization by Joan E. Cho Pdf

South Korea is sometimes held as a dream case of modernization theory, a testament to how economic development leads to democracy. Seeds of Mobilization takes a closer look at the history of South Korea to show that Korea’s advance to democracy was not linear. Instead, while Korea’s national economy grew dramatically under the regimes of Park Chung Hee (1961–79) and Chun Doo Hwan (1980–88), the political system first became increasingly authoritarian. Because modernization was founded on industrial complexes and tertiary education, these structures initially helped bolster the authoritarian regimes. In the long run, however, these structures later facilitated the anti-regime protests by various social movement groups—most importantly, workers and students—that ultimately brought democracy to the country. By using original subnational protest event datasets, government publications, oral interviews, and publications from labor and student movement organizations, Joan E. Cho takes a long view of democratization that incorporates the decades before and after South Korea’s democratic transition. She demonstrates that Korea’s democratization resulted from a combination of factors from below and from above, and that authoritarian development itself was a hidden root cause of democratic development in South Korea. Seeds of Mobilization shows how socioeconomic development did not create a steady pressure toward democracy but acted as a “double-edged sword” that initially stabilized autocratic regimes before destabilizing them over time.

Author : Geir Helgesen
Publisher : NIAS Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 8787062496

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Democracy in South Korea by Geir Helgesen Pdf

Author : Georgy Katsiaficas,Na Kahn-chae
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136759222

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South Korean Democracy by Georgy Katsiaficas,Na Kahn-chae Pdf

This new book offers a retrospective appraisal of the Gwangju Uprising by academics, activists and artists from Gwangju, Korea. In 1980, South Koreans took to the streets to demand democracy. When the military threatened brutal suppression of the popular movement, only in Gwangju did people refuse to submit. After horrific bloodshed, the citizens of Gwangju drove the military out of the city and held their liberated space for a week. As a "beautiful community" emerged, newspapers were published, hundreds of thousands of people congregated in popular assemblies, and the city’s life gave new meaning to democracy. Although crushed by overwhelming military force, Gwangju’s example inspired the eventual overthrow of the military dictatorship and ushered in a new democratic wave in East Asia. Providing a detailed analysis of the events of the Gwangju uprising, this new volume traces the birth of South Korean democracy in Gwangju’s stubborn refusal to accept life without freedom. The book also focuses on the socio-economic background, the role of women in the uprising, issues of collective identity and the international significance of the revolt. Scholars and researchers of South Asian politics, social movements, history, democracy and development studies will find this volume to be of keen interest.

Author : John Kie-chiang Oh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UOM:39015045978569

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Korean Politics by John Kie-chiang Oh Pdf

The 'trial of the century'