Democratization and Democracy in South Korea, 1960-Present /

This is a perfect one-country study: deeply engaged in the theoretical and comparative literature, intimately informed about South Korean history, bringing to bear some unknown aspects of the case. A major contribution to studies of authoritarianism and of transitions to democracy. -Adam Przeworski,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Im, Hyug Baeg (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: My democratization studies in retrospect
  • 2. The rise of bureaucratic authoritarianism in South Korea
  • 3. Recasting Park Chung Hee's authoritarianism: myths, reality, and legacies
  • 4. Politics of democratic transition from authoritarian rule in South Korea
  • 5. Christian churches and democratization in South Korea
  • 6. Democratic consolidation in South Korea: opportunities and constraints
  • 7. From affiliation to association: the challenge of democratic consolidation in Korean industrial relations
  • 8. Faltering democratic consolidation: democracy at the end of the Three Kims era
  • 9. The development and change of Korean democracy since democratic transition in 1987: Three Kims Politics and after
  • 10. Democratic development and authoritarian development compared
  • 11. Better democracy, better economic growth?.