The rise of the Labor Party in South Korea: Causes and limits

Pacific Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-335

  Lee, Yeonho ^a   Lim, Yoo Jin ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korean Telecom   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Collective action; Democratic deepening; Election; Korean labor party

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; ELECTION; LABOR POLICY; POLITICAL REFORM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 33749068927     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740600875093     Document Type: Article

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