This book focuses on the changing role of media in the more democratised political landscape of South Korea. It contributes to debates about the emerging role o

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.

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

Since South Korea achieved partial democracy in 1987, the country has moved away from authoritarian political control. However, after two decades of democratic