South Korean Social Movements

From Democracy to Civil Society
Herausgeber: Shin, Gi-Wook; Chang, Paul Y

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the evolution of social movements in South Korea by focusing on how they have become institutionalized and diffused in the democratic period. The contributors explore the transformation of Korean social movements from the democracy campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s to the rise of civil society struggles after 1987. South Korea was ruled by successive authoritarian regimes from 1948 to 1987 when the government decided to re-establish direct presidential elections. The book contends that the transition to a democratic government was motivated, in part, by the pressure from social movement groups that fought the state to bring about such democracy. After the transition, however, the movement groups found themselves in a qualitatively different political context which in turn galvanized the evolution of the social movement sector. Including an impressive array of case studies ranging from the women's movement, to environmental NGOs, and from cultural production to law, the contributors to this book enrich our understanding of the democratization process in Korea, and show that the social movement sector remains an important player in Korean politics today. This book will appeal to students and scholars of Korean studies, Asian politics, political history and social movements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780415619974
• ISBN-10: 0415619971
• Artikelnr.: 32301647

Autorenporträt

Gi-Wook Shin is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University, USA. Paul Chang is Assistant Professor of Research Methods at Yonsei University, South Korea.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION 1: Democratization and the Evolution of Social Movements in
Korea: Institutionalization and Diffusion, Paul Y. Chang and Gi-Wook Shin
PART I: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION 2: The Korean Democracy
Movement: an Empirical Overview, Gi-Wook Shin, Paul Y. Chang, Jung-eun Lee
and Sookyung Kim 3: From Minjung to the Simin: The Discursive Shift in
Korean Social Movements, Namhee Lee 4: Exorcizing the Ghosts of Kwangju:
Policing Protest in the Post-Authoritarian Era, Jong Bum Kwon PART II:
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 5: Origins of the National Human
Rights Commission of Korea: Global and Domestic Causes, Jeong-Woo Koo
6: From the Streets to the Courts: PSPD's Legal Strategy and the
Institutionalization of Social Movements, Joon Seok Hong 7: The Entry of
Past Activists into the National Assembly and South Korea's Participation
in the Iraq War, Sookyung Kim and Paul Y. Chang 8: The Consequences of
Government Funding for Environmental NGOs in South Korea, Chang Bum Ju 9:
The Institutionalization of the Women's Movement and Gender Legislation,
Chan S. Suh, Eun Sil Oh and Yoon S. Choi PART III: SPIN OFF MOVEMENTS AND
DIFFUSION PROCESSES 10: Citizen Journalism: The Transformation of the
Democratic Media Movement, Thomas Kern and Sang-hui Nam 11: New Activist
Cultural Production: Independent Filmmakers, the Post-Authoritarian State,
and New Capital Flows in South Korea, Young-a Park 12: The Korean Gay and
Lesbian Movement 1993-2008: From "Identity" and "Community" to "Human
Rights", Hyun-young Kwon Kim and John (Song Pae) Cho 13: Lawyers for a
Democratic Society (Minbyun): The Evolution of Its Legal Mobilization
Process Since 1988, Patricia Goedde 14: Left Out: People's Solidarity for
Social Progress and the Evolution of Minjung After Authoritarianism, Alice
S. Kim APPENDIX: The Stanford Korea Democracy Project