{"product_id":"south-koreas-democracy-in-crisis-9781538177815","title":"South Korea’s Democracy in Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe symptoms of democratic decline have been increasingly hard to miss: the demonization of politicalopponents, erosion of democratic norms, and the whittling away of the courts' independence. Perhapsmost disturbing is that this all took place under a government dominated by former pro-democracyactivists. Will the election victory of opposition leader Yoon Suk-Yeol end this democratic erosion, or willthe rift between South Korea's progressives and conservatives only deepen with the next administration?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this volume trace the sources of illiberalism in today's Korea; examine how politicalpolarization is plaguing its party system; discuss how civil society and the courts have become politicized;look at the roles of inequality, education, and social media in the country's democratic decline; andconsider how illiberalism has affected Korea's foreign policy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gi-Wook Shin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291319415035,"sku":"9781538177815","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_474b6bf1-169d-43f7-b3a5-0ca8429f614a.jpg?v=1779558988","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/south-koreas-democracy-in-crisis-9781538177815","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}