South Korean social movements
Subtitle: from democracy to civil society
By: edited by Gi-Wook Shin and Paul Y. Chang
Series: Routledge advances in Korean studies -- 24; Routledge advances in Korean studies -- 24.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780415619974; 9780203814567
Subjects: Social conditions; Civil society; Social movements
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: Democratization and the evolution of social movements in Korea : institutionalization and diffusion / Paul Y. Chang and Gi-Wook Shin; title: Social movements and democratic transition; title: The Korean democracy movement : an empirical overview / Gi-Wook Shin, Paul Y. Chang, Jung-eun Lee and Sookyung Kim; title: From Minjung to the Simin : the discursive shift in Korean social movements / Namhee Lee; title: Exorcizing the ghosts of Kwangju : policing protest in the post-authoritarian era / Jong Bum Kwon; title: Institutionalization of social movements; title: Origins of the national human rights commission of Korea : global and domestic causes / Jeong-Woo Koo; title: From the streets to the courts : PSPD's legal strategy and the institutionalization of social movements / Joon Seok Hong; title: The entry of past activists into the national assembly and South Korea's participation in the Iraq war / Sookyung Kim and Paul Y. Chang; title: The consequences of government funding for environmental NGOs in South Korea / Chang Bum Ju; title: The institutionalization of the women's movement and gender legislation / Chan S. Suh, Eun Sil Oh and Yoon S. Choi; title: Spin off movements and diffusion processes; title: Citizen journalism : the transformation of the democratic media movement / Thomas Kern and Sang-hui Nam; title: New activist cultural production : independent filmmakers, the post-authoritarian state, and new capital flows in South Korea / Young-a Park; title: The Korean gay and lesbian movement 1993-2008 : from "identity" and "community" to "human rights" / Hyun-young Kwon Kim and John (Song Pae) Cho; title: Lawyers for a democratic society (Minbyun) : the evolution of its legal mobilization process since 1988 / Patricia Goedde; title: Left out : people's solidarity for social progress and the evolution of Minjung after authoritarianism / Alice S. Kim.