National Pride and Economic Voting in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-58
Author(s):  
Gidong Kim ◽  
Jae Mook Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Economic Voting ◽  
National Pride

Economic Voting in South Korea: Pocketbook or Sociotropic?

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
AIE-RIE LEE ◽  
YONG U. GLASURE
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Economic Voting ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Voter Choice

AbstractUsing 2003 Asian Barometer Survey study data, this paper examines the economic voting model in the 2002 presidential election in South Korea. The core emphasis of the paper is on an investigation of the relative effects of different dimensions/scopes of economic evaluations on voting behavior, namely whether one form of assessment (e.g., pocketbook vs. sociotropic) can have similar consequences for electoral participation as others. The findings indicate that the overall economy is salient for Koreans to shape their political choices. In other words, voting behavior in Korea depends on how she or he thinks the national economy has been for the past five years. Also found is that voters’ perceptions of their own personal financial situations did not matter much as a predictor of voter choice.

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.

National Pride and Political Participation: The Case of South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 809-838
Author(s):  
Gidong Kim ◽  
Jae Mook Lee
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
South Korea ◽  
National Pride

Everyday Politics of “Dokdo” and South Korean National Identity

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-87
Author(s):  
Ji-Young Lee ◽  
Jaehyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Policy Position ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Pride ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Korean Identity

Abstract In this article, we show that the Dokdo/Takeshima islands issue has become a cultural phenomenon in South Korea, in which the popular desire for national pride has increasingly been intertwined with the government’s efforts for promoting its policy position vis-à-vis Japan. We argue that narratives on Dokdo – created in and through activities in the realms of education, media, and civil society activism – are designed to enhance South Korean territorial sovereignty over the islands. In the process, however, Dokdo has become a symbol of Korean identity or “Koreanness,” as the public, teachers, students, and activists have all engaged in meaning-making activities surrounding the islands. This phenomenon has become salient, in part because these actors sought to respond to Japan’s own activities, including the designation of “Takeshima Day” in 2005. As part of a grassroots movement, their strategy of creating everyday symbols over the islands not just expressed, but also reproduced Korean national identity.

South Korea's Linguistic Tangle: English vs. Korean vs. Konglish

English Today ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean A. McPhail
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Standard English ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
National Pride ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Cultural Exposure ◽  
Korean And English ◽  
Mixed Nature

Konglish is a blend of Korean and English found throughout South Korea, and often suffers for lack of prestige amongst Koreans. The primary aim of this article is to determine the reasons behind Konglish's low social status in Korea. I begin my investigation by exploring Korean public space as linguistic space, and examining in what social and cultural capacities Koreans use English, Mandarin, Korean, and Konglish. I then shift in part II to discuss perceptions of Korean and English inside Korea. Having analysed Koreans’ attitudes towards Konglish's parent languages, I discuss in part III why Konglish struggles for social legitimacy, despite its ubiquity. In the course of this investigation it will become clear that Koreans often deride Konglish for its ease of use. Because one absorbs it organically through cultural exposure rather than hours of study and millions of won in tuition fees, Konglish accords none of the prestige that comes with Standard English; meanwhile, Konglish's mixed nature means not only that it cannot benefit from the national pride Koreans associate with ‘pure’ Korean, but also that this pride harms Konglish's reception throughout the country.

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