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The Korean State and Candlelight Democracy: Paradigms and Evolution
Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia / Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, (E)2383-9449
2017, v.16 no.2, pp.82-92
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17477/jcea.2017.16.2.082
Bedeski, Robert
(University of Victoria)
Bedeski, Robert.
(2017). The Korean State and Candlelight Democracy: Paradigms and Evolution. Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 16(2), 82-92, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17477/jcea.2017.16.2.082
Abstract
The Korean state evolved as a distinct entity in a region of major power convergence and conflict. All states, as human constructions, seek sovereignty and life security of their subjects/citizens, and are rotted in organic society. In the Republic of Korea, constitutional order has provided a framework for political action and a succession of regimes - authoritarianism, military dictatorship, and constitutional democracy. Since 1960 two paradigms have undergone a cycle of growth and decline, and a third, since the 2016 candlelight demonstrations in Gwanghwamun, may be the beginnning of a third generation paradigm - populist constitutionalism.
- keywords
- Korea, state, paradigms, society, life security, constitution, candlelight democracy
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