What role did civil society play in Korea's recent democratization? How does the Korean case compare with cases from other regions of the world? What is the cur

While popular movements in South Korea rightly grab the headlines for forcing political change and holding leaders to account, those movements are only part of

This book explores how political opportunities afforded by democratization, including the relative balance of power between conservative and progressive civic a

This book analyses democratization and democracy in South Korea since 1960. The book starts with an analysis of the distinctive characteristics of bureaucratic

This book studies the sources of inequality in contemporary South Korea and the social and political contention this engenders. Korean society is becoming more