The politics of coalition in Korea : : between institutions and culture / / Youngmi Kim.

• Superior document: Routledge advances in korean studies
• Author: Kim, Youngmi.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge advances in Korean studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book examines how inter- and intra-party coalition-building affects governability in South Korea. Focusing on the Kim Dae-jung administration (1998-2003) as a case study in the failure of a government to turn electoral success into stable governability, or ability to implement reform policies, the book's research draws on two bodies of literature which, though focusing on the same dependent variable (cabinet or government stability), have rarely been used in tandem: coalition research on parliamentary systems and studies of divided government in presidential systems. Youn

Table of Contents

Front Cover; The Politics of Coalition in Korea; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; 1. Introduction; Introduction; Coalition politics in South Korea in historical perspective; From electoral success to ungovernability; Explaining coalitions; The institutionalization of parties and party systems; Methods and limitations; The structure of the book; 2. Historical background and the formation of the Korean party system; Introduction; The five Republics from 1948 to 1987

The Korean party system during the period of democratic consolidation (1988-1997)Summary; 3. Internal factors: party politics and organization; Introduction; Explaining intra- and inter-party conflicts: what happened and why?; The impact of governability: party organization; Summary; 4. Regionalism and the reform of the electoral law; Introduction; Regionalism; The reform of the electoral law: the process of compromise and negotiation and the rational choice of the political actors; Summary; 5. Ideological cleavages and the debate over the National Security Law; Introduction

Ideological differences among voters and partiesThe ruling party's attempt to abolish the so-called 'evil law'; Summary; 6. When majority does not rule: the Roh Moo-hyun and the Lee Myung-bak administrations; Introduction; The Roh Moo-hyun administration; Roh Moo-hyun's call for a 'grand coalition'; The conservatives come back into power: the Lee Myung-bak administration; Summary; 7. Conclusions; Introduction; Summary of the main arguments; Broader implications and conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index