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OverviewWhile popular movements in South Korea rightly grab the headlines for forcing political change and holding leaders to account, those movements are only part of the story of the construction and practice of democracy. In Top-Down Democracy in South Korea, Erik Mobrand documents another part - the elite-led design and management of electoral and party institutions. Even as the country left authoritarian rule behind, elites have responded to freer and fairer elections by entrenching rather than abandoning exclusionary practices and forms of party organization. Exploring South Korea's political development from 1945 through the end of dictatorship in the 1980s and into the twenty-first century, Mobrand challenges the view that the origins of the postauthoritarian political system lie in a series of popular movements that eventually undid repression. He argues that we should think about democratization not as the establishment of an entirely new system, but as the subtle blending of new formal rules with earlier authority structures, political institutions, and legitimizing norms. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Erik Mobrand , Clark W. SorensenPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780295745497ISBN 10: 0295745495 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 19 April 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMobrand's study not only provides an explanation of why Korea's to-down democracy is the way it is, but also generates questions for future research on authoritarian legacies, democratic consolidation, and varieties of democracy. * Pacific Affairs * Author InformationErik Mobrand is associate professor in the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |