Candlelight for Our Country’s Right Name: A Confucian Interpretation of South Korea’s Candlelight Revolution
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The candlelight protest that took place in South Korea from October 2016 to March 2017 was a landmark political event, not least because it ultimately led to the impeachment of Park Geun-hye as discussed by the authors.About:
This article is published in Religion.The article was published on 2018-10-28 and is currently open access. It has received 12 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Civil society & Democracy.read more
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The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe
TL;DR: The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe as discussed by the authors ) is a recent study of civil society in post-communist Europe, focusing on the role of women.
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The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea:
TL;DR: Lazreg as mentioned in this paper argued that the Algerian war was against the French but not for the liberation of the country, as it ended by substituting one system of despotic rule for another, and the violence committed by the Sunni insurgents and more so by the Islamic terrorists was widespread and despicable enough to raise a serious question about the nature of culture of resistance.
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When thinking of my death leads to thinking of others’ deaths: the effect of collectivism, psychological closeness, and mortality salience on prosocial behavioral intentions in the Sewol ferry disaster
Jiyoung Lee,Yungwook Kim +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined the relationship between collectivism, psychological closeness, and panglossy feelings during the 2014 Sewol ferry incident and found that the closeness and collectivism were correlated.
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From Remonstrance to Impeachment: A Curious Case of “Confucian Constitutionalism” in South Korea
TL;DR: Ginsburg as discussed by the authors examines whether the model of Confucian constitutionalism is still relevant in Korea, especially in light of the Constitutional Court's recent decision to uphold the motion to impeach the president rather than merely offering remonstrance or warning.
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Civil society and political theory
Jean L. Cohen,Andrew Arato +1 more
TL;DR: The discourse of civil society: the contemporary revival of the civil society conceptual history and theoretic synthesis theoretical development in the 20th century as mentioned in this paper, and the discontents: the normative critique - Hannah Arendt the historicist critique - Carl Schmitt, Reinhart Koselleck and Jurgen Habermas the genealogical critique - Michel Foucault the systems-theoretic critique - Niklas Luhmann.
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Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the third wave of global democratization has come to an end, leaving a growing gap between the electoral form and the liberal substance of democracy.
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The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe
TL;DR: In this article, an experiential approach to societal continuity and change is presented, along with an empirical baseline: post-communist civil society in comparative perspective, and an interpretive analysis of why postcommunist citizens do not join organizations.
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Civil Society: Old Images, New Visions
TL;DR: In this paper, Gramsci et al. discuss the role of power and publicity in the development of democracies, and discuss Disputes, Nationalism, and Uncivil Society.