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Democratization and Social Movements in South Korea - Defiant Institutionalization (Paperback)
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Democratization and Social Movements in South Korea - Defiant Institutionalization (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies on Modern Korea
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South Korea provides an intellectual challenge in the fields of
social movements and democracy in that intense mobilization and the
strong influence of social movements have accompanied steady
democratization for more than two decades, despite major theories
having predicted otherwise. This book examines how social movements
in previously authoritarian contexts evolve after democratic
transition, using South Korea as a case study. It explores how
democratic change influences the form of social movements, and how
social movements affect the pace and direction of democracy in
turn. It explains how South Korean social movements were able to
attain strong political influence by focusing on four causal
factors: the configuration of major political actors during the
transition period, the relational dynamics among social movement
groups, the relationship between social movements and
institutionalized political actors, and the impact of transnational
forces in the post-transition period. Unlike previous scholarship,
the book takes a historical, actor-centered, and process-oriented
approach that closely follows the interactions among contending
actors through event sequences, rather than being driven by
abstract theoretical frameworks. In doing so, it analyses uses a
broad range of evidence, including police records, untapped
activist documents, presidential memoirs, newspaper accounts and
original data sets. Shedding light on the complex political reality
that gave rise to a contentious civil society in South Korea after
democratization, this book also illuminates the institutional
conditions that can help promote domestic peace and stability.
Therefore it will be of great use to students and scholars of
Korean Studies, Korean politics and social movements, as well as
policy makers.
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