
- Politics, generation, and the making of new leadership in South Korea
- Song, Ho Keun
- Seoul National University(Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, Center for Social Sciences)
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Politics, generation, and the making of new leadership in South Korea
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Material Type | Articles |
Author(English) |
Song, Ho Keun |
Publisher |
[Seoul] : Seoul National University(Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, Center for Social Sciences) |
Date | 2003-06 |
Journal Title; Vol./Issue | Development and Society:vol. 32.(no. 1) |
Pages | 21 |
Subject Country | South Korea(Asia and Pacific) |
Language | English |
File Type | Link |
Subject | Government and Law < Political Development |
Holding | Seoul National University |
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Abstract
This paper examined the social and political background of the rise of new political leadership in the Presidential election of December 2002, analyzing voting outcome that reflected styles of life, thinking, and behavior of young generation. This paper contends that generational effect on voting was very significant as to break the rigidity of political support market consolidated by cleavage structure such as regional division in South Korea. Behind the marginal victory of President Roh Moo Hyun by a 2.2% over the competitor there existed a strong support of young generation that had developed far different cultural sentiments and ideological orientation from old generation. (The rest omitted)