{"product_id":"south-koreas-democracy-in-crisis-the-threats-of-illiberalism-populism-and-polarization-9781538177815","title":"South Korea's Democracy in Crisis: The Threats of Illiberalism, Populism, and Polarization","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 \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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGi-Wook Shin\u003c\/b\u003e is the William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea in sociology and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies at Stanford University. At FSI he directs the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Center's Korea Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHo-Ki Kim\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of sociology at Yonsei University. He was the Korea Program's 2021 Koret Fellow at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia- Pacific Research Center. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50392490475794,"sku":"9781538177815","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba09ce5e-a114-4b95-a28c-ca171b06df04.jpg?v=1728975265","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/south-koreas-democracy-in-crisis-the-threats-of-illiberalism-populism-and-polarization-9781538177815","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}