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South Korean Social Movements - From Democracy to Civil Society (Paperback)
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South Korean Social Movements - From Democracy to Civil Society (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
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This book explores the evolution of social movements in South Korea
by focusing on how they have become institutionalized and diffused
in the democratic period. The contributors explore the
transformation of Korean social movements from the democracy
campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s to the rise of civil society
struggles after 1987. South Korea was ruled by successive
authoritarian regimes from 1948 to 1987 when the government decided
to re-establish direct presidential elections. The book contends
that the transition to a democratic government was motivated, in
part, by the pressure from social movement groups that fought the
state to bring about such democracy. After the transition, however,
the movement groups found themselves in a qualitatively different
political context which in turn galvanized the evolution of the
social movement sector. Including an impressive array of case
studies ranging from the women's movement, to environmental NGOs,
and from cultural production to law, the contributors to this book
enrich our understanding of the democratization process in Korea,
and show that the social movement sector remains an important
player in Korean politics today.aThis book will appeal to students
and scholars of Korean studies, Asian politics, political history
and social movements.
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