1. Top-down Democracy in South Korea by Erik Mobrand (review).
- Author
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Lee, Myunghee
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POLITICAL participation , *ELECTIONS , *DEMOCRACY , *CORRUPT practices in elections , *ELECTION law , *POLITICAL parties - Abstract
The Central Election Management Commission (CEMC) was rebranded by Park Chung Hee and keeps managing elections and the election landscape after democratization. South Korean elections are known as one of the most clean and fair elections.[1] If one emphasizes elections to gauge democracy, South Korea can be considered a well-performing democracy. When Syngman Rhee's Liberal Party, which actively mobilized voters, fell with rampant electoral fraud, Park successfully created a democracy symbol that disconnects ordinary citizens and politicians and "minimizes voter-politician interaction" (p. 32). [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022