Consolidating Democracy: Resilience and Challenges in Indonesia and South Korea

ISBN-13: 9783031132834 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 188 str.

Brendan Howe

Opis

This book assesses democratic resilience and challenges in (relatively) newly emerging democracies in the Asia-Pacific, which are simultaneously important case studies as newly emerging middle powers. Across all dimensions and measurements, South Korea and Indonesia are consistently the most salient case studies to consider. The two case studies are compared across three sections. First, the relationship between economic development and democratic resilience in Indonesia and South Korea. Second, nature of political culture and societal constructs in the two case studies. The final section looks at the potential peculiarities of the two case studies, which are seen as uniquely challenged: Indonesia by religious persecution and South Korea by political populism. Certainly, democratization is a long and difficult process. This book provides insight into how the two countries have embarked on similar democratization projects. It also delineates the successes and failures from which valuable lessons on democratization can be drawn.

Spis treści

1. Asian Democracy (Brendan M. Howe & Philips J. Vermonte)

2. Overcoming Economic Stagnation: Indonesia's Struggle over Policy Reform in a New Democracy (Edbert Gani Suryahudaya)

3. Democratic Resilience in the Midst of Economic Crisis: The Case of South Korea (Hannah Jun)

4. The Resilience of Democracy and Social Movements in Indonesia (Medelina K. Hendytio)

5. South Korea's Progress in Dual Democratization: Social Conflict and Democratic Integration (Brendan M. Howe & Sang-Jin Han)

6. Strategizing Religious Oppression: 'Christianity' and Indonesia's Democracy Resilience (Vidhyandika D. Perkasa & Amelinda Bonita Leonard)

7. Populism: Does it Support or Undermine Democracy? A Case Study of Democratic Resilience in South Korea (Sang-Jin Han and Young-Hee Shim)

8. An East Asian Democratic Miracle? Challenges and Resilience (Brendan M. Howe)

O autorze

Brendan Howe is Dean and Professor of International Relations, Ewha Womans University Graduate School of International Studies, South Korea, and President of the Asian Political and International Studies Association.

Blurb

This book assesses democratic resilience and challenges in (relatively) newly emerging democracies in the Asia-Pacific, which are simultaneously important case studies as newly emerging middle powers. Across all dimensions and measurements, South Korea and Indonesia are consistently the most salient case studies to consider. The two case studies are compared across three sections. First, the relationship between economic development and democratic resilience in Indonesia and South Korea. Second, nature of political culture and societal constructs in the two case studies. The final section looks at the potential peculiarities of the two case studies, which are seen as uniquely challenged: Indonesia by religious persecution and South Korea by political populism. Certainly, democratization is a long and difficult process. This book provides insight into how the two countries have embarked on similar democratization projects. It also delineates the successes and failures from which valuable lessons on democratization can be drawn.

Brendan Howe is Dean and Professor of International Relations, Ewha Womans University Graduate School of International Studies, South Korea, and President of the Asian Political and International Studies Association.