This controversial new study, breaks with the tradition of basing political studies on analyses of institutions and political personalities, by likening the Rep

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

A review of the dilemmas, tensions and contradictions arising from democratic consolidation in South Korea. It explores the turbulent features of Korean democra

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