Faltering democratic consolidation in South Korea: Democracy at the end of the 'three Kims' era

Democratization

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 179-198

  Im, Hyug Baeg ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Democratic consolidation; Elections; Presidentialism; Regionalism; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DEMOCRACY; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 11844296674     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340412331304642     Document Type: Article

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