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Social Community and Social Capital in the Post-Democracy in Korea

  • The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
  • Abbr : NEA
  • 2010, 25(2), pp.23-37
  • DOI : 10.18013/jnar.2010.25.2.002
  • Publisher : The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
  • Research Area : Social Science > Political Science > International Politics > International Relations / Cooperation

Young Min Park 1

1한국외국어대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This article examines how far democracy has been practiced by the political parties in Korean political society. Moreover, it discusses what civil society means since it is the actual practice ground for democracy, and the roles it needs to take in order to carry out justification. Therefore, we can come up to the conclusion that what influences the social capital, which functions as the political and social infra and as a network formed by voluntary cooperation, bring to our society. The purpose of this article is to propose the roles and assignment that the civil society of Honam area has to pursue in order to improve the democracy practice in the area. In order to carry out, first, the centralized authoritarian rule and the market-oriented social structure need to be substituted to regional identity and social community structure. Second, it needs to overcome the political cynicism and pursue toward to settle the social and economical bipolarization problem. Third, the value of the 5.18 Gwang-Ju pro-democracy movements needs to be spread to the entire Korean society and the international society.

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