South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy to Civil Society

ISBN-13: 9780415619974 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 320 str.

Gi-Wook Shin; Paul Chang

Opis

This text explores the evolution of social movements in South Korea by focusing on how they have become institutionalized and diffused in the democratic period. The contributors explore the transformation of Korean social movements from the democracy campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s to the rise of civil society struggles after 1987.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION   1: Democratization and the Evolution of Social Movements in Korea: Institutionalization and Diffusion, Paul Y. Chang and Gi-Wook Shin   PART I: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION   2: The Korean Democracy Movement: an Empirical Overview, Gi-Wook Shin, Paul Y. Chang, Jung-eun Lee and Sookyung Kim   3: From Minjung to the Simin: The Discursive Shift in Korean Social Movements, Namhee Lee   4: Exorcizing the Ghosts of Kwangju: Policing Protest in the Post-Authoritarian Era, Jong Bum Kwon   PART II: INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS   5: Origins of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea: Global and Domestic Causes, Jeong-Woo Koo   6: From the Streets to the Courts: PSPD’s Legal Strategy and the Institutionalization of Social Movements, Joon Seok Hong   7: The Entry of Past Activists into the National Assembly and South Korea’s Participation in the Iraq War, Sookyung Kim and Paul Y. Chang   8: The Consequences of Government Funding for Environmental NGOs in South Korea, Chang Bum Ju   9: The Institutionalization of the Women’s Movement and Gender Legislation, Chan S. Suh, Eun Sil Oh and Yoon S. Choi   PART III: SPIN OFF MOVEMENTS AND DIFFUSION PROCESSES   10: Citizen Journalism: The Transformation of the Democratic Media Movement, Thomas Kern and Sang-hui Nam   11: New Activist Cultural Production: Independent Filmmakers, the Post-Authoritarian State, and New Capital Flows in South Korea, Young-a Park   12: The Korean Gay and Lesbian Movement 1993-2008: From "Identity" and "Community" to "Human Rights", Hyun-young Kwon Kim and John (Song Pae) Cho   13: Lawyers for a Democratic Society (Minbyun): The Evolution of Its Legal Mobilization Process Since 1988, Patricia Goedde   14: Left Out: People’s Solidarity for Social Progress and the Evolution of Minjung After Authoritarianism, Alice S. Kim   APPENDIX: The Stanford Korea Democracy Project