The politics of anti-austerity protest: South Korea in 1997–1998 and Greece in 2009–2010

2021 ◽  
pp. 002071522198895
Author(s):  
Sang Kyung Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Paired Comparison ◽  
Political Opportunity ◽  
Popular Resistance ◽  
Economic Threat ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
External Environments

Why does austerity confront varying degrees of popular resistance? While prior research primarily addresses the economic threat of austerity as the stimulus for anti-austerity protest, a growing volume of studies highlights the roles of external environments in moderating the mobilizing effect of austerity. This study challenges the recent literature on the moderating role of external environments, pointing out that it tends to overlook the distinction between structural and contingent aspects of external environments. I undertake a paired comparison of carefully chosen cases, South Korea in 1997–1998 and Greece in 2009–2010, to examine the moderating roles of the two aspects of external environments—each aspect is characterized through the notion of political opportunity drawing on Rootes’ work. Results reveal that structural and contingent opportunities played distinct roles in promoting (Greece) and hampering (South Korea) the growth of anti-austerity movements, initially triggered by the economic threat of austerity in both countries.

scholarly journals Twitter and Encountering Diversity: The Moderating Role of Network Diversity and Age in the Relationship Between Twitter Use and Crosscutting Exposure

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630511771724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Sup Park ◽  
Barbara K. Kaye
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Older People ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Public Expression ◽  
Network Diversity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This article investigates whether Twitter use motivations relate to exposure to discordant information. To this end, this research conducted an online survey of 1,350 adults of South Korea. The results reveal that using Twitter for information-seeking, public-expression, and leisure-seeking purposes helps users to encounter crosscutting exposure, while the use of Twitter for private expression does not. Offline network diversity has a significant association with crosscutting exposure, and it moderates the relationship between Twitter use for public expression or leisure seeking and crosscutting exposure. The positive association between Twitter use for leisure seeking and crosscutting exposure is stronger among younger people than among older people.

Acculturative Stress and Life Satisfaction of Immigrant Vietnamese Wives Living in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Intimate Partner Violence

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052098627
Author(s):  
Nhat Huy Vo ◽  
Sang Min Lee
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Vietnamese Women ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This study examined the relationships between acculturative stress, intimate partner violence (IPV), and life satisfaction of immigrant Vietnamese wives. A total of 288 immigrant Vietnamese women who were married to Korean men and were living in South Korea participated in the survey. As expected, the results indicated that acculturative stress was negatively related to life satisfaction. Moreover, IPV significantly moderated the relationship between acculturative stress and life satisfaction. The moderating role of IPV is evident when the acculturative stress is low.

scholarly journals Green Purchase Behavior: the Predictive Roles of Consumer Self-Determination, Perceived Customer Effectiveness and Perceived Price

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fortune Edem Amenuvor ◽  
Kwasi Owusu-Antwi ◽  
Seong-Chan Bae ◽  
Sean Kwan Soo Shin ◽  
Richard Basilisco
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Modeling Technique ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Structural Equations Modeling ◽  
Perceived Price ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The overarching aim of this research is to empirically test the effect of customers’ self-determined needs on perceived customer effectiveness and green purchase behavior while assessing the moderating role of price. To achieve this aim, data is collected from 453 consumers in South Korea. The various hypotheses developed to achieve this aim are tested via the structural equations modeling technique. The results of the study reveal that autonomy, competence, and relatedness positively and significantly affect perceived customer effectiveness. Additionally, autonomy and competence positively and significantly influence green purchase behavior. The study further finds that relatedness is negative but significantly related to green purchase behavior. Moreover, the study reveals that perceived customer effectiveness is positive and significantly related to green purchase behavior. Similarly, the study finds support for the moderating effect of price on the relationship between perceived customer effectiveness and green purchase behavior. The current study provides managerial and theoretical insights into understanding green purchase behavior, self-determined needs as well as perceived customer effectiveness. 

scholarly journals Making cross-cutting exposure more deliberative The moderating role of the equality rule in online discussions on a gender issue

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Min ◽  
Chloe Ahn
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Gender Issue ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Civic Attitudes ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Moderating Role

Contrary to the normative emphasis on the rule of equality in the deliberation literature, little has been known about empirical consequences of the rule of equality, especially when applied in online discussions where political disagreement is prevalent. Given that hostile gender-related discussions have been noticeably increasing in South Korea, we investigated whether applying deliberative rules, especially cross-cutting exposure and equality, can improve gender-issue discussion quality and foster mutual understanding and healthy political engagement. For this purpose, we designed an online experiment involving moderated deliberations on the abolition of the national abortion ban via KakaoTalk, the most popular messenger platform in South Korea. The deliberative qualities of online discussions in terms of rationality and civility were assessed in a more objective and unobtrusive way: a content analysis of actual conversation transcripts. Participatory intention for gender issue-related activities and civic attitudes were also measured. Results indicate the equality rule can help to promote normatively desirable outcomes in discussions with disagreeing others while the positive effects of cross-cutting exposure were found limited. When combined with the rule of equality, hearing the other side meaningfully enhanced the deliberative qualities and participatory intentions of discussants.

scholarly journals How to Form Wellbeing Perception and Its Outcomes in the Context of Elderly Tourism: Moderating Role of Tour Guide Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinsoo Hwang ◽  
Jinkyung Jenny Kim ◽  
Jenni Soo-Hee Lee ◽  
Noman Sahito
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
Tour Guide ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Brand Prestige

Many people travel to improve their wellbeing perception (WBP), and senior tourists in South Korea are no exception in that they hope to enhance their quality of life through tourism. As such, this study explored the significance of WBP in the senior tourism industry in South Korea. The current paper collected samples from 349 senior tourists. Analysis of data indicated that brand prestige contributes to increasing WBP among seniors and improving consumer attitude. In addition, it was found that WBP positively affects both consumer attitude and word-of-mouth (WOM). Lastly, tour guide services moderated the relationship between (1) brand prestige and WBP and (2) consumer attitude and WOM. The current paper then presents theoretical and practical implications of the statistical results.

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