Democracy and Authority in Korea
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Adult Korean Population
Author_Geir Helgesen
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Colonial Administration
comparative political culture
Current Socio-cultural Context
Demarcation Line
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Female Postgraduate Student
Holy Men
Iron Fist
Kim Ii Sung
Korea's Nationhood
Korean Confucianism
Korean Democracy
Korean Educational
Korean Political
Korean political authority analysis
Korean Political Culture
Korean Shamanism
military regime transition
moral education
National Security Law
North Koreans
Overseas Korean
Park Chung Hee
Political Culture Approach
Political Parties
political socialisation
postcolonial governance
Roh Tae Woo
Shamanistic World View
urban intellectual elite
West Germany
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780700706136
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 21 Nov 1997
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This controversial new study, breaks with the tradition of basing political studies on analyses of institutions and political personalities, by likening the Republic of Korea to a laboratory for the clash of political cultures. In the late 1940s, the Americans embarked upon a democratization programme designed to create a Western bulwark against the spread of communism in East Asia. The intervening years have seen the advent and demise of military rule, with South Korea now having a democratically-elected government. Although the US strategy thus seems successful, the political crises of 1995 in fact indicate that many obstacles remain here to the adoption of Western-style democracy.
This study argues that socialization in general and political socialization in particular are key factors in any analysis of democracy, be it in Korea or elsewhere. Accordingly, the work draws on moral education textbooks, together with surveys and interviews among members of the urban intellectual elite. In this manner, the psychological roots of power and authority - key concepts to an understanding of 'good government' - are explored.
