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Title Society and democracy in South Korea and Indonesia / Brendan Howe, editor
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 171 pages) : illustrations
Series Security, development and human rights in East Asia
Security, development and human rights in East Asia.
Contents 1. Political Culture and Societal Exceptionalism: Challenges to Democracy? -- 2. Confucianism and Democracy in South Korea: A Comparative Perspective -- 3. Between the Internal Struggle and Electoral Rules Effect: The Challenges of Political Islam in a Democratic Indonesia -- 4. Civil Society and Democratization in South Korea -- 5. NGOs and Democratization in Indonesia: From Co-optation to Collaboration -- 6. From Post Child to Poor Cousin? Expanding the Frontiers of Economic Democracy in South Korea -- 7. Socio-Economic Conditions and Indonesia Democratic Support -- 8. The Social Basis of East Asian Democracy
Summary This book is divided into three sections comprised of pairs of chapters. First, a section examining how Confucianism interacts with democratic resilience in South Korea, compared with the societal role and challenge of Islam in Indonesian democracy. The second section will conduct brief historical surveys of the role of civil society role in Korean and Indonesian democratization, and debates about the appropriate role for civil society after democratization. In particular, the various roles of civil society non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and popular movements will be highlighted in both countries. The final section looks at socio-economic conditions and distributive justice in relation to democracy in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Indonesia. Brendan Howe is Dean and Professor of International Relations at Ewha Womans University Graduate School of International Studies, South Korea, and President of the Asian Political and International Studies Association
Notes Includes index
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Subject Civil society -- Korea (South)
Civil society -- Indonesia
Religion and civil society -- Korea (South)
Islam and civil society -- Indonesia
Distributive justice -- Korea (South)
Distributive justice -- Indonesia
Civil society
Distributive justice
Islam and civil society
Religion and civil society
Social conditions
SUBJECT Korea (South) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Indonesia -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Subject Indonesia
Korea (South)
Form Electronic book
Author Howe, Brendan M., editor.
ISBN 9783031062674
3031062671