Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reform and Reconstitution in the Sixth Republic Under Roh Tae Woo, 1987-1992
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-41693-2
Verlag: CRC Press
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
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Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1 State reform in South Korea -- Introduction -- Background of the modem Korean state -- Conflict and political reform -- The first five Republics: background to democratization -- The Third and Fourth Republics: economic and social transformation under Park Chung Hee -- Transition to the Fifth Republic -- The Sixth Republic and the Roh presidency -- Summary -- 2 The institutions of government -- Foundations of the modem Korean state -- Government structure - weak v. strong institutions -- Liquidation of the legacy of the Fifth Republic -- Constitutional reform in the Sixth Republic: the presidency and local government -- The 1992 presidential elections -- The election results -- 3 Political parties and South Korean politics -- The character of political parties in South Korea -- The institutionalization of political parties -- The development of political parties in South Korea -- The authority crisis of 1985 -- Creating a new ruling party -- Political parties and liberalization -- Conclusions -- 4 The economic context of reform -- Introduction -- Towards balanced growth: maturing of a developing economy -- Labour -- Capital - the chaebol and the state -- Agriculture reform -- The economic dimensions of social conflict -- 5 The social context of Korean politics -- Divisions and unity in South Korean society -- Factors of social change -- Pluralism and equality -- Education and Korean society -- Social conflict - catalyst for democracy? -- Conclusion -- 6 State reform in a comparative context -- State-building and social engineering in South Korea -- What is state reform? -- Taiwan - another 'piecemeal experiment' -- The People's Republic of China -- North Korean politics - the Kim fl Song dictatorship -- The USSR and its successor, Russia -- Implications -- Conclusions -- 7 South Korea's international environment and foreign policy -- South Korea as a rising middle power -- South Korea foreign policy: Nordpolitik -- An assessment of Nordpolitik -- 8 Conclusions -- Appendix: Roh Tae Woo's declaration of 29 June 1987 -- Notes -- Selective bibliography -- Index.