The terminal crisis of the "participatory government" and the election of Lee Myung Bak

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-43

  Doucette, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Democratisation; Nationalism; Neo liberal reform; Reunification; Social movements; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049085313     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330903270338     Document Type: Article

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