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South Korea’s Progress in Dual Democratization: Social Conflict and Democratic Integration

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Consolidating Democracy

Part of the book series: Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia ((SDHRP))

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Abstract

This chapter examines the human security challenges endemic in democratic transformation. The concept of a dual democratization elaborated upon in this chapter selectively incorporates liberalism, socialism, and critical theory. Using South Korea as a case study, the chapter explores how democratization can best be pursued in its full complexity while simultaneously enhancing the ability to deal with the conflict and tension that such a project tends to generate. Many of these conflicts revolve around distributive injustice in the social and economic realms. The chapter addresses, in turn, the political, socio-economic, and socio-cultural experiences of democratic transition in the Republic of Korea (ROK).

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  1. Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

    Brendan Howe

  2. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

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Howe, B., Han, SJ. (2023). South Korea’s Progress in Dual Democratization: Social Conflict and Democratic Integration. In: Howe, B. (eds) Consolidating Democracy. Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13284-1_5

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