Types of political parties' welfare politics in South Korea : Focusing on the capacity of policy and the strategy for mobilization

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Ik Kang
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Welfare Politics

A Historical Institutionalist Approach to Political Party Organization: The Case of South Korea

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 464-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olli Hellmann
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Party Organization ◽  
Strategic Responses ◽  
Party Formation ◽  
Organizational Reform ◽  
Party Organizations ◽  
Choice Decision ◽  
The Status

AbstractThe existing literature on party organization is deeply divided over the question of how much freedom of choice decision-makers in a party enjoy in relation to their environment. Although the resulting theoretical deadlock seriously weakens our understanding of party formation and change, no attempt has been made to reconcile the different approaches. This article aims to do just that by offering a historical institutionalist perspective on party organization. Studying the development of political parties in South Korea, it argues that party organizations are best understood as strategic responses to electoral markets. Party organizations reproduce and change, as advantaged factions defend the status quo, while disadvantaged factions work towards organizational reform.

The Politics of North Korea's Unification Policies 1950–1965

1967 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon Sung Cho
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Research Organization ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Popular Support ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Frequency Intensity

Since the April 1960 student-led revolution there, debate in South Korea on the peaceful unification of the two Koreas has increased in frequency, intensity, and popularity among students, intellectuals, political parties, and other social groups. Popular support for independent and peaceful unification is rapidly mounting. This changing mood may be due to more effective North Korean propaganda as well as to the unhappy economic conditions in South Korea. In response to North Korea's aggressive unification campaign, the ROK (Republic of Korea) government has found it necessary to set up a research organization dedicated solely to the study of problems of unification.

Political splits hamstring governance in South Korea

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The North ◽  
Joint Statement

Significance The day before, however, a Blue House meeting with leaders of three main political parties saw no agreement nor any joint statement. Park angrily denied opposition charges that she is exploiting the security situation for political purposes. Impacts Factional and succession struggles could yet fracture Park's conservative Saenuri party. To regain the Blue House the two liberal parties must reunite behind a single candidate; that will be difficult. Pyongyang knows Park's time is limited and will be planning for her successor, who may approach the North differently. Praise from ratings agencies cuts little ice with voters. The woes of shipper Hanjin, plus a September 12 earthquake, bolster impressions that Park cannot handle crises.

scholarly journals Party System Institutionalization Without Parties: Evidence from Korea

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olli Hellmann
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Party System ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Party Organization ◽  
General Argument ◽  
Linear Fashion ◽  
Single Scale ◽  
Party System Institutionalization

Formally institutionalized party organization is usually considered a prerequisite for the development of programmatic linkages between parties and voters. However, in this article I show that political parties in South Korea have succeeded in stabilizing interparty competition through programmatic linkages without making any significant efforts to build a formal organizational base. In fact, it could be argued that South Korea is a “partyless” democracy, as political parties get easily captured by the interests of ambitious politicians, thus failing to establish themselves as independent actors. I therefore make a more general argument about the concept of party system institutionalization: we need to rethink the current practice of aggregating the different attributes of party system institutionalization into a single scale, as these attributes do not seem to be connected in a linear fashion.

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