New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan

New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan
Author: Larry Diamond,Gi-Wook Shin
Publsiher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2014-01-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780804789226

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New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan takes a creative and comparative view of the new challenges and dynamics confronting these maturing democracies. Numerous works deal with political change in the two societies individually, but few adopt a comparative approach—and most focus mainly on the emergence of democracy or the politics of the democratization processes. This book, utilizing a broad, interdisciplinary approach, pays careful attention to post-democratization phenomena and the key issues that arise in maturing democracies. What emerges is a picture of two evolving democracies, now secure, but still imperfect and at times disappointing to their citizens—a common feature and challenge of democratic maturation. The book demonstrates that it will fall to the elected political leaders of these two countries to rise above narrow and immediate party interests to mobilize consensus and craft policies that will guide the structural adaptation and reinvigoration of the society and economy in an era that clearly presents for both countries not only steep challenges but also new opportunities.

Asian New Democracies

Asian New Democracies
Author: Xinhuang Xiao
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2006
Genre: Asia
ISBN: UOM:39015074219190

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South Korea s Democracy Challenge

South Korea s Democracy Challenge
Author: Hannes B. Mosler
Publsiher: Research on Korea
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Democracy
ISBN: 3631800932

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Thirty years have passed since in 1987 formal democratization was achieved in South Korea. Since then the country has undergone the two turnover test (Huntington), and it overcame economic, financial, and political crises. However, social inequality is higher than before democratization, social conflict has been exacerbating, and political polarization has been on the rise. South Korea's democracy has been going through a continuous stress test trying the polity's capacity to heal social conflict, integrate society, and mature politics as meeting these challenges is key to sustainable consolidation of democracy. The chapters of this edited volume, written by experts from South Korea and Germany in respective fields, examine the way in which South Korea has coped with these challenges in its political system, political economy, and political society since its transition to formal democracy, and provide a focused critical assessment of three decades after democratization.

The New Dynamics of Democracy in South Korea

The New Dynamics of Democracy in South Korea
Author: Chae-Han Kim
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2021-06-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781000403435

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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.

Taiwan s Political Re Alignment and Diplomatic Challenges

Taiwan s Political Re Alignment and Diplomatic Challenges
Author: Wei-chin Lee
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2018-05-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9783319771250

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This edited volume investigates and evaluates the context, causes, and consequences of various essential issues in Taiwanese domestic politics and external relations before and after the regime change in 2016. It offers theoretical interpretation and temporal delineation of recent electoral shifts, party realignment, identity reformulation, and subsequent foreign policy adaptation in the 2010s. Contributors address these issues in three sections—“Democracy and New Political Landscape,” “The China Factor and Cross-Strait Dilemma,” and “Taiwan’s International Way-out”—to advance conclusions about Taiwan’s political transformation from both comparative and international perspectives.

Korean Modernization and Uneven Development

Korean Modernization and Uneven Development
Author: Kim Kyong-Dong
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2017-05-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9789811034947

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Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, this book focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret, characterize, globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes.

The Quality of Democracy in Korea

The Quality of Democracy in Korea
Author: Hannes B. Mosler,Eun-Jeung Lee,Hak-Jae Kim
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9783319639192

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This edited volume assesses the quality of democracy in the Republic of Korea three decades after its formal democratization in 1987. It has been argued that Korea’s two subsequent power turnovers prove that its democracy has been successfully consolidated, despite its tremendous progress; however, recent developments show signs of deterioration and retreat. Therefore, drawing on the recent quality of democracy literature this volume sets out to answer the question: Where does Korea’s democratic quality stand today? The three chapters in first section of the book focus on aspects related to the presidency, political parties, and organized labor, also including the perspective of governance and human security as well as on the rule of law regarding the role and function of the prosecution. This is followed by a set of four chapters in section two that address the dimensions of democratic quality such as participation, freedom, equality, and responsiveness. The final, third section includes contributions on related inter-Korean policy issues. This book is an invaluable resource for political and social scientist working on democratic quality, and at the same for scholars in Asian or Korean Studies at faculty level as well as on graduate student level.

Handbook on Political Trust

Handbook on Political Trust
Author: Sonja Zmerli,Tom W.G. van der Meer
Publsiher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2017-01-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781782545118

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Political trust – in government, parliament, or political parties – has taken centre stage in political science for more than half a century, reflecting ongoing concerns with the legitimacy and functioning of representative democracy. To provide scholars, students and policy makers with a tool to navigate through the complexity of causes and consequences of political trust, this Handbook offers an excellent overview of the conceptual, theoretical, methodological and empirical state of the art, complemented by accounts of regional particularities, and authored by international experts in this field.