South Korea's Democracy in Crisis: The Threats of Illiberalism, Populism, and Polarization - Paperback
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South Korea's Democracy in Crisis: The Threats of Illiberalism, Populism, and Polarization
Like in many other states worldwide, democracy is in trouble in South Korea, entering a state of regressionin the past decade, barely thirty years after its emergence in 1987. The society that had ordinary citizensleading "candlelight protests" demanding the impeachment of Park Geun-Hye in 2016-17 has becomepolarized amid an upsurge of populism, driven by persistent structural inequalities,...
Gi-Wook Shin is the William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea in sociology and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies at Stanford University. At FSI he directs the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Center's Korea Program.
Ho-Ki Kim is a professor of sociology at Yonsei University. He was the Korea Program's 2021 Koret Fellow...
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