@article{ART001839356},
author={Cho, Jungkwan},
title={The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics},
journal={The Journal of Northeast Asia Research},
issn={2005-4432},
year={2013},
volume={28},
number={2},
pages={148-183},
doi={10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005}
TY - JOUR
AU - Cho, Jungkwan
TI - The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics
JO - The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
PY - 2013
VL - 28
IS - 2
PB - The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
SP - 148
EP - 183
SN - 2005-4432
AB - This paper discusses how the coming of the Post-Cold War era in the 1990s influenced Korean politics, with particular focus on political parties, electoral politics and political elites. The end of the Cold War provided apt justification for the 1990 ‘three-party-merger’ and facilitated the adaptation of formerly authoritarian regime elites to democratic party politics. It also helped the creation of both Minjungdang(People’s Party) and Tongilgukmindang(Unification Nation’s Party), which were not able to overcome the existing regionalistic party system. Democratic reform by the Kim Young Sam Government was assisted by the post-Cold War setting that minimized the otherwise strong resistance from the formerly authoritarian leaders. The change of governmental power by Kim Dae Jung, which consolidated Korea’s electoral democracy, was possible both by the preceding elite change and by the alteration of the mentality of the elite and the masses, which was caused in part by the post-Cold War setting.
KW - Korean party politics;Post-coldwar;Three-party-merger;Korean Poltical Elite;Democratization;Regionalism
DO - 10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005
ER -
Cho, Jungkwan. (2013). The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 28(2), 148-183.
Cho, Jungkwan. 2013, "The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics", The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, vol.28, no.2 pp.148-183. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005
Cho, Jungkwan "The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 28.2 pp.148-183 (2013) : 148.
Cho, Jungkwan. The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics. 2013; 28(2), 148-183. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005
Cho, Jungkwan. "The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 28, no.2 (2013) : 148-183.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005
Cho, Jungkwan. The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 28(2), 148-183. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005
Cho, Jungkwan. The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research. 2013; 28(2) 148-183. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005
Cho, Jungkwan. The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics. 2013; 28(2), 148-183. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005
Cho, Jungkwan. "The Onset of the Post-Cold War Era and the Change of Korean Politics" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 28, no.2 (2013) : 148-183.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2013.28.2.005