The Politics of the Dispute over Democracy in Korea during the 20th Century
This course examines the regional characteristics and dynamism of South Korean democracy by exploring major political and social events in ...
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Course Introduction
This course examines the regional characteristics and dynamism of South Korean democracy by exploring major political and social events in contemporary South Korea and the controversies that surrounded them.
Learning Objectives
1. Students will learn about the political and social events and changes in each period of contemporary South Korean history through the study of specific incidents.
2. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the various layers of South Korean democracy through the debates related to democracy that accompanied each event.
1. The Foundations of Korean Democracy and the Acceptance of Western Thoughts
2. The Dispute over Democracy after Liberation
3. Division and the Institutionalization of Liberal Democracy
4. Anti-Communism of the Cold War during the 1950s as Civil Religion
5. The April Revolution and the Dispute over Democracy
6. The Discourse on Modernization of the Park Chung-hee Regime and the Theory of Liberal Democracy during the 1960s
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6-1. The May 16 Coup and the Theory of Liberal Democracy -
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6-2. Opposition to the Military Regime and Theories of Liberal Democracy
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23
6-3. The Struggle Against the Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea, the Nation, and Democracy
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24
6-4. The Protests Opposing Constitutional Amendment to Allow Three Consecutive Presidential Terms and Democracy
7. The Revitalization Reform (Yusin) Regime, Anti-Dictatorship, and Democracy
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25
7-1. The Other Side of Development-Oriented Dictatorship, the Self-Immolation of Jeon Tae-il
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26
7-2. The Formation of the Revitalization Reform (Yusin) Regime and “Korean Democracy”
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27
7-3. Anti-Dictatorship Democratization Movements and People’s Movements during the Revitalization Reform (Yusin) Regime
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28
7-4. The Park Chung-hee Regime’s Discourses on Democracy
8. Democratization Movements in the 1980s and the Institutionalization of Democracy
KIM BONG GUK
Associate Professor, Department of Honam Studies, Chonnam National University
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32
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