dc.contributor.author	Kim, Dukhong	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Luke, Timothy W.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Milly, Deborah J.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Luciak, Ilja A.	en
dc.contributor.department	Political Science	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:50:56Z	en
dc.date.adate	1997-05-28	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:50:56Z	en
dc.date.issued	1997-05-28	en
dc.date.rdate	2001-03-21	en
dc.date.sdate	1998-07-17	en
dc.description.abstract	Most scholars who study the transition from authoritarian regimes to democratic ones use an actor-oriented approach, and assume four major actors participate in the negotiated transition. They explain the results of such transitions by analyzing the strategic interactions of these four major actors. If the configuration of actors and their interactions differ from one case to another, then those differences need to be explained. The case of South Korean democratization differs from democratization in other countries in two major respects. First, without significant division within the regime, the opposition bloc can manage to make a transition to democracy by maintaining coordination between the social movements and the moderate opposition party. Second, the U.S. played an important role in the process of negotiation. The negotiated transition model offers no account for the participation of a third party, and it fails to cast light on the participation of the U.S. in the Korean democratization process. This shortcoming can be solved by complementing the negotiated transition model with the mediation model in which the role of a third party can be addressed. Owing to U.S. mediation, the dynamics of negotiated transition changed in the Korean transition to democracy.	en
dc.description.degree	Master of Arts	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-125811359721531	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-125811359721531/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36503	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	chapter1.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	chapter2.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	chapter3.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	chapter4.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	cover.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	references.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	vita.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	democratization	en
dc.subject	negotiated transition	en
dc.subject	mediated transition	en
dc.subject	south korea	en
dc.title	Democratization in South Korea during 1979-1987	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Political Science	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	masters	en
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts	en

Democratization in South Korea during 1979-1987

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