The Oxford Handbook of South Korean Politics (Oxford Handbooks)

South Korea is best-known for its economic development, democratic transition and consolidation, vibrant civil society, and emergence as a cultural powerhouse. The Oxford Handbook of South Korean Politics presents and analyses contemporary South Korean politics, bringing together domestic political, economic, social cultural, and demographic developments and putting them in the context of trends in fellow developed countries. The Handbook is divided into seven sections: introduction; core concepts; institutions, parties, elections, and voters; civil society; culture and media; public policy and policy-making; and the international arena. The overarching premise of the Handbook is that we have to move away from traditional understandings of South Korean politics that considered them to be static, focusing instead on how and why contemporary South Korea is a vibrant and dynamic democracy in which multiple groups and ideas are represented. Cover Page Half Title Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Contributors Part 1 Introduction 1. Introduction: South Korean Politics after Transitions 2. The History of Korea, 1905–​1945 3. The History of South Korea, 1945–​1987 Part 2 Core Concepts 4. Presidentialism with Parliamentary Characteristics 5. Regionalism 6. Conservative Democratisation 7. The Developmental State 8. Chaebol 9. Nationalism Part 3 Political Insititutions 10. Constitutional Politics 11. Legislative Politics 12. Executive Politics 13. Judicial Politics Part 4 Parties and Elections 14. Parties and Party Systems 15. Minority Representation 16. Elections and Electoral Systems 17. Political Communication 18. New Issue Politics Part 5 Civil Society 19. Social Movements: Developments and Structural Changes after Democratisation 20. Interest Group Politics 21. Labour Union Activism 22. Citizens’ Support for Democracy Part 6 Culture and Media 23. Cinema and Television 24. The Internet and Social Media 25. The Press 26. Public Intellectuals 27. Politics and Popular Music Part 7 Public Policy and Policy-​Making 28. Political Control and Bureaucratic Autonomy 29. The Development of Welfare Programmes 30. Decentralisation and Local Government 31. Corruption Part 8 The International Arena 32. Foreign Policy 33. Security and Defence Policy 34. Foreign Economic Policy 35. The South Korean Development Model 36. Korean Reunification 37. The ROK–US Alliance: Drivers of Resilience 38. Evolving Relations with China Index This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online