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@article{ART002228078},
author={Sungsoo Joo},
title={Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017)},
journal={Civil Society and NGO},
issn={1599-8568},
year={2017},
volume={15},
number={1},
pages={5-38}

TY - JOUR
AU - Sungsoo Joo
TI - Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017)
JO - Civil Society and NGO
PY - 2017
VL - 15
IS - 1
PB - The Third Sector Institute
SP - 5
EP - 38
SN - 1599-8568
AB - The distinctive characteristics of citizen participation in the past 30 years of Korean civil society history might be summarized as both the active roles of NGOs and deep-rooted distrust against the government. The assumption of previous studies that the crisis of representative democracy is rooted in the government distrust is proved to be significant in both crosstab and regression analyses of citizen participation data sets both from the World Values Survey and Korea Public Administration Research Institute. Participating citizens are found to be ‘critical citizens’ who are members of labor union, NGOs or other groups and/or tend to disturst the government but generally trust NGOs. By using the civic volunteerism model suggested by Verba and others, this study finds that citizen participation/non-participation in different types of direct action, i.e. boycotts, signing, peaceful demonstration, petition, online suggestion, are more determined by individual motivations and social networks than individual capabilities such as education and income levels. Neither gender nor age difference has significant impact on the individual participation or nonparticipation. Also, voting experiences at presidential or local elections are proved to be insignificant in individual participation in different types of direct action.
KW - citizen participation;democracy;representative democracy;direct democracy;NGO;direct action;candlelight demonstration
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Sungsoo Joo. (2017). Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017). Civil Society and NGO, 15(1), 5-38.

Sungsoo Joo. 2017, "Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017)", Civil Society and NGO, vol.15, no.1 pp.5-38.

Sungsoo Joo "Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017)" Civil Society and NGO 15.1 pp.5-38 (2017) : 5.

Sungsoo Joo. Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017). 2017; 15(1), 5-38.

Sungsoo Joo. "Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017)" Civil Society and NGO 15, no.1 (2017) : 5-38.

Sungsoo Joo. Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017). Civil Society and NGO, 15(1), 5-38.

Sungsoo Joo. Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017). Civil Society and NGO. 2017; 15(1) 5-38.

Sungsoo Joo. Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017). 2017; 15(1), 5-38.

Sungsoo Joo. "Citizen Participation and Democracy in the History of Korean Civil Society(1987-2017)" Civil Society and NGO 15, no.1 (2017) : 5-38.