Civic activism and Korean democracy: The impact of blacklisting campaigns in the 2000 and 2004 general elections

Pacific Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-542

  Kim, Andrew Eungi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Civic groups (NGOs); Civil society; Defeat campaign; Election; Resource mobilization theory; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

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

EID: 33845451547     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740600984937     Document Type: Article

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