Explaining the minority coalition government and governability in South Korea: A review essay

Korea Observer

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-84

  Kim, Youngmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalition building; Governability; Institutionalization; Korea; Parliamentarism; Party system; Presidentialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849126281     PISSN: 00233919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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