Political Learning and Democratic Consolidation

Korean Industrial Relations, 1987-1992

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6246724
AutoresJongryn Mo (University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University, Hoover Institution, autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen29
Número3
Páginas290-311
Fecha de publicación1996-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Political Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0010414096029003002
OpenAlexW2059053560
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas15

Although the concept of political learning is recognized as a key to understanding the success of democratic consolidation, it has been difficult to operationalize it. The author argues that if we use as an independent variable the messages with which actors update their beliefs, we can develop a theory of democratic consolidation based on political learning. In the Korean case, political learning took place among workers who had to decide whether to use illegal means to protest the rules of the game. Because of their weak electoral power, Korean workers had to resort to their market power to contest the labor laws outside of electoral and legislative arenas. If the rules of the game had been contested in a less confrontational manner, the process of political learning may have been less protracted

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