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South Korean Presidential Politics Turns Liberal: Transformative Change or Business as Usual?
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Abstract The impeachment of President Park Gyeun-hye on 10 March 2017 saw South Korean politics enter a period of crisis. Her removal from office, the result of an unprecedented mass movement of citizen protests, provided a springboard for the subsequent success of the liberal candidate, Moon Jae-in, in the ... mehr
The impeachment of President Park Gyeun-hye on 10 March 2017 saw South Korean politics enter a period of crisis. Her removal from office, the result of an unprecedented mass movement of citizen protests, provided a springboard for the subsequent success of the liberal candidate, Moon Jae-in, in the presidential election of 9 May 2017. This article suggests that political change in South Korea is only possible if actors move beyond the politics of personality, and tackle the structural reasons for the policy failures of recent times. Further, if democracy, a humane economic system and responsive political institutions are going to be developed and nourished, the country’s ‘imperial presidency’ needs to be reformed. In particular, the current ‘winner-takes-all’ politics, with the presidency as the main locus of power, needs to be reformed in ways that promote a more balanced political system, increasing the influence of other actors and institutions.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Südkorea; Präsident; Regierungspolitik; Liberalismus; politischer Wandel; Verfassung; Reform; politische Macht; Ostasien
Klassifikation
Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
imperial presidency; Moon Jae-in; Park Gyeun-hye; presidentialism
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 480-491
Zeitschriftentitel
The Political Quarterly, 88 (2017) 3
ISSN
1467-923X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet