Peaceful power transfers or successions and democratic consolidation in South KoreaPeaceful power transfers or successions and democratic consolidation in South Korea
- Other Titles
- Peaceful power transfers or successions and democratic consolidation in South Korea
- Authors
- 함성득; 정광호; 김도희
- Issue Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- 한국사회과학협의회
- Keywords
- President; Power transfer; Power succession; Democratic consolidation
- Citation
- Korean Social Science Journal, v.40, no.1, pp.48 - 59
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- KCI
- Journal Title
- Korean Social Science Journal
- Volume
- 40
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 48
- End Page
- 59
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/105543
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40483-013-0001-2
- ISSN
- 1225-0368
- Abstract
- This article sheds light on the positive role of power transfers or leadership successions in the democratic consolidation process in South Korea. In this study, we argue that democratic consolidation in South Korea is slowly taking place, and it is best measured by institutional rather than an individual president’s accomplishment. Therefore,democratic consolidation is not directly related to the success or failure of presidents since the transition to democracy occurred in 1987. Regardless of each president’s performance,repeated power shifts and successions through fair elections are likely to lead to the creation of a favorable political environment for democratic institutions to mature, which will support continued democratic consolidation in South Korea.
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