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From Transition to Power Alternation: Democracy in South Korea, 1987-1997

From Transition to Power Alternation: Democracy in South Korea, 1987-1997

Saxer, Carl

Paperback

Series: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture

General Political ScienceGeneral SociologyKorean History

ISBN10: 0415864925
ISBN13: 9780415864923
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 3 2013
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 1987 South Korea began a democratic transition after almost three decades of significant economic development under authoritarian rule. Increased civil unrest caused by dissatisfaction resulted in the regime agreeing to constitutional changes in the summer of 1987. By 1992 the first president without a military background was elected and during his tenure a further deepening of democracy took place. These reforms were instrumental in making it possible that in 1997 for the first time in South Korean history an opposition candidate was elected president. This book examines the initial transition and later attempts at consolidating democracy in South Korea, and argues that although significant progress had been made and a power alternation achieved by late 1997, South Korea could not, by the end of that decade (1987-97), be considered a consolidated democracy.

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