South Korea's Democracy in Crisis: The Threats of Illiberalism, Populism, and Polarization

by Gi-Wook Shin

Like in many other states worldwide, democracy is in trouble in South Korea, entering a state of regressionin the past decade, barely thirty years after its emergence in 1987. The society that had ordinary citizensleading "candlelight protests" demanding the impeachment of Park Geun-Hye in 2016-17 has becomepolarized amid an upsurge of populism, driven by persistent structural inequalities, globalization, and therise of the information society.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931368708
• ISBN13: 9781931368704
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
• Length: 250 Pages