The Democratic Deficit in South Korea: The 2012 Presidential Election and its Aftermath

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-326
Author(s):  
Hyunji Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Democratic Deficit

Power Alternation in South Korea

2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tat Yan Kong
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Continuous Transition ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
Home Region

Despite the dramatic final breakthrough in summer 1987, the democratization of South Korea (hereinafter Korea) displayed the hallmarks of a gradual or continuous transition from authoritarianism. These included: liberalization emanating from within the regime; continuity of personnel from the authoritarian ruling elite; continuity in economic and foreign policy; and the exclusion from power of the representatives of the economically disadvantaged groups. Such features of democratic deficit have been observed for Korea and for Brazil, two countries whose experiences of authoritarian developmentalism are commonly compared.Events in recent years suggest the possibility of more fundamental reform of Korea's economic and political institutions. The financial crisis of late-1997 led to the most serious economic recession for 40 years. Held in the middle of the financial meltdown, the presidential election of December 1997 resulted in a victory for Kim Dae-Jung (or DJ as he is commonly known), a veteran dissident associated with the excluded constituencies (not only his own underdeveloped home region but also labour and progressivelyminded intellectuals and activists).

A Research of Support Ratio Comparison between Ballot Method: Based on 18th Presidential Election Result in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 2969-2980
Author(s):  
Kyoung Hoon Kim ◽  
◽  
Ki Joong Kim ◽  
Dong Hyun Ra ◽  
Boseung Choi
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Election Result ◽  
Support Ratio

The 1997 presidential election in South Korea

1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won-Taek Kang ◽  
Hoon Jaung
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Presidential Election

scholarly journals LOCAL ECONOMIC VOTING AND RESIDENCE-BASED REGIONALISM IN SOUTH KOREA: EVIDENCE FROM THE 2007 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woo Chang Kang
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Economic Voting ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Regional Parties ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Individual

AbstractRegional bloc voting in South Korea has been ascribed to voters’ psychological attachments to birthplace. This article seeks to expand the existing discussion of regionalism by showing that economic conditions in voters’ places of residence affect vote choices at the individual level and produce clustering of votes at the aggregate level in South Korea. While the idea of residence-based regionalism has previously been suggested, empirical scrutiny of the idea has been limited. Exploiting a Bayesian multilevel strategy, this article provides evidence that short-term economic changes at the province level affected voters’ choices in the 2007 presidential election in South Korea, independent of the long-term political affiliation between regional parties and their constituents. The positive association between local economic conditions and vote choices remains significant, controlling for perceptions of national economic conditions and other individual level covariates such as age and political attitudes.

scholarly journals 'A Generational Earthquake'?: An Analysis of the 2002 Presidential Election in South Korea

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 23-39
Author(s):  
Carl J. Saxer
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
National Elections ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Previous Election ◽  
Predominant Factor

The 2002 presidential election in South Korea was seen by some commentators as a 'generational earthquake'. It was argued that younger voters, defi ned as those belonging to the 20–30 age groups, had become more mobilized and active than in any previous election, and that consequently the persistent regionalism that had characterized South Korean national elections for so long was fi nally at an end. It was also claimed that the 2002 election marked a repositioning of ideology and policy preferences at centre stage. The present article, however, argues that while ideology and policy preferences did indeed assume greater importance, and while generational issues also came to the fore, yet the predominant factor in the 2002 election remained – as in previous presidential elections in South Korea – a persistent, almost static, regional voting pattern.

Tokyo faces new challenges in US relations under Biden

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
State Department ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
New Challenges

Significance Presumptive presidential election winner Joe Biden is reputed not to have trusted Suga’s predecessor, while Democratic governments in general are seen in Tokyo as giving Japan a low priority. Impacts A US return to multilateralism will begin to rebuild Japan’s diminished respect for the United States. East Asia specialists may return to the US State Department, making for better informed and probably more consistent policy towards Japan. Talks on repairing Japan-South Korea relations are reportedly underway behind the scenes; a creative solution may be found. Together with European partners, Japan and the United States would make a powerful alliance at the COP26 climate talks in November 2021.

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