Jongseok Woo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4074972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jongseok Woo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jongseok |
| FAMILY NAME | Woo |
| SIGNATURE | WOO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of West Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4972-4088 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
When Regime Security Matters: North Korea’s Quest for Autonomy in Asymmetric Alliances with China and Russia
Sino–US rivalry and South Korea’s strategic choice for security and space policy: A neoclassical realist perspective
Asian Military Evolutions: Civil-Military Relations in Asia
The Origins of the Park Jung-hee Syndrome in South Korea
In the past few decades, post-democratization politics in South Korea have witnessed an upsurge in authoritarian nostalgia, called the “Park Jung-hee syndrome.” This paper examines the origins of public nostalgia for the authoritarian dictator by putting two theoretical arguments, i.e., the socialization thesis and the system output thesis, to an empirical test. This paper utilizes the 2010 Korea Democracy Barometer from the Korea Barometer and t…
Confucian Legacies and the Meaning of Democracy in South Korea: A Cultural Interpretation
Whether Confucianism is compatible with liberal democracy has been a topic of heated debate among scholars and politicians alike, but with little meticulous empirical analysis. The incompatibility thesis, represented by the Asian value argument, suggests that as a political culture Confucianism hinders the deepening of democracy in Confucian Asian countries. The compatibility or convergence thesis, in contrast, argues that Confucianism is compati…
Politics in North and South Korea: Political Development, Economy, and Foreign Relations
Songun Politics and the Political Weakness of the Military in North Korea: An Institutional Account
At the heart of the unexpected regime stability in post–Kim Il-sung Pyongyang is the expanded role of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) as the protector of the regime and the leader, under the slogan of military-first (songun) politics. There is, however, a wide gap between the KPA’s role and its limited political significance. This article examines how Pyongyang’s political systems were designed to enable the leader to firmly control the military a…
The Origins of Political Trust in East Asian Democracies: Psychological, Cultural, and Institutional Arguments
While the importance of social and political trust has been well documented, there is a lack of scholarly consensus over where trust originates. This article tests three theoretical arguments – social-psychological, social-cultural, and political institutional – on the origin of political trust against three East Asian democracies (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). The empirical analysis from the AsiaBarometer survey illustrates that political ins…
Structural Impediments, Domestic Politics, and Nuclear Diplomacy in Post‐ K im Il‐sung N orth K orea
This article uses theoretical insights from neoclassical realism to explain how the end of the C old W ar shaped N orth K orea's domestic political structures and foreign‐policy strategies. It suggests that political leaders are uniquely positioned at the nexus of domestic politics and international politics and employ two different strategies: utilizing international politics for domestic political gain and mobilizing domestic resources to furth…
Kim Jong-il’s military-first politics and beyond: Military control mechanisms and the problem of power succession
Military-first politics has been at the heart of the unexpected regime stability in North Korea under Kim Jong-il and his son Jong-un. This article analyzes Kim Jong-il’s military-first politics as a strategic choice for regime survival, in which the locus of political power switched from the party to the military. At the same time, Kim Jong-il formulated a complex system of circumventing the possibility of the armed forces’ political domination,…
Political corruption, economy, and citizens' evaluation of democracy in South Korea
South Korean politics has been haunted by numerous corruption scandals as well as the prosecution of politicians and their cronies for their corruption. Yet despite the prevalence and salience of political corruption, many citizens of South Korea tend to overlook the problem by continuing to support corrupt politicians and administrations. This study defines under what circumstances political corruption shapes citizens' judgment of government and…
Liberal reform, political corruption, and socio-economic impacts in Asia and Eastern Europe
How does economic liberalization — or a country’s integration into the global economy — affect its economic performance and the distribution of wealth? There have been heated debates on positive and negative sides of globalization. This article seeks to fill the existing gap in the study of globalization and its socio-economic outcomes by focusing on the mediating effect of political corruption in countries from Asia and Eastern Europe. The autho…
Crafting democratic control of the military in South Korea and the Philippines: The Problem of Military Factions
This article explores how a military's organizational character (cohesion or lack thereof) shapes military officers' attitudes toward new civilian leadership in democratizing South Korea and the Philippines. It suggests that a factionalized military makes civilian control much more difficult and the route to democratic consolidation highly unstable and incomplete for three reasons. First, in the factionalized army, individual officers' allegiance…
Political corruption, economic performance, and electoral outcomes: A Cross-National Analysis
The current study examines how the incumbent government's economic performance plays a role in mediating the impact of political corruption on electoral outcomes in 115 developing countries with relatively higher levels of corruption than Western consolidated democracies. Borrowing theoretical insights from the information-processing theory of voting, this study finds that political corruption becomes a formative electoral factor when the regime …
Political corruption, economic performance, and electoral outcomes: A Cross-National Analysis
The current study examines how the incumbent government's economic performance plays a role in mediating the impact of political corruption on electoral outcomes in 115 developing countries with relatively higher levels of corruption than Western consolidated democracies. Borrowing theoretical insights from the information-processing theory of voting, this study finds that political corruption becomes a formative electoral factor when the regime …
The Origins of Political Trust in East Asian Democracies: Psychological, Cultural, and Institutional Arguments
While the importance of social and political trust has been well documented, there is a lack of scholarly consensus over where trust originates. This article tests three theoretical arguments – social-psychological, social-cultural, and political institutional – on the origin of political trust against three East Asian democracies (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). The empirical analysis from the AsiaBarometer survey illustrates that political ins…
Political corruption, economy, and citizens' evaluation of democracy in South Korea
South Korean politics has been haunted by numerous corruption scandals as well as the prosecution of politicians and their cronies for their corruption. Yet despite the prevalence and salience of political corruption, many citizens of South Korea tend to overlook the problem by continuing to support corrupt politicians and administrations. This study defines under what circumstances political corruption shapes citizens' judgment of government and…
Kim Jong-il’s military-first politics and beyond: Military control mechanisms and the problem of power succession
Military-first politics has been at the heart of the unexpected regime stability in North Korea under Kim Jong-il and his son Jong-un. This article analyzes Kim Jong-il’s military-first politics as a strategic choice for regime survival, in which the locus of political power switched from the party to the military. At the same time, Kim Jong-il formulated a complex system of circumventing the possibility of the armed forces’ political domination,…
Songun Politics and the Political Weakness of the Military in North Korea: An Institutional Account
At the heart of the unexpected regime stability in post–Kim Il-sung Pyongyang is the expanded role of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) as the protector of the regime and the leader, under the slogan of military-first (songun) politics. There is, however, a wide gap between the KPA’s role and its limited political significance. This article examines how Pyongyang’s political systems were designed to enable the leader to firmly control the military a…
Liberal reform, political corruption, and socio-economic impacts in Asia and Eastern Europe
How does economic liberalization — or a country’s integration into the global economy — affect its economic performance and the distribution of wealth? There have been heated debates on positive and negative sides of globalization. This article seeks to fill the existing gap in the study of globalization and its socio-economic outcomes by focusing on the mediating effect of political corruption in countries from Asia and Eastern Europe. The autho…
Crafting democratic control of the military in South Korea and the Philippines: The Problem of Military Factions
This article explores how a military's organizational character (cohesion or lack thereof) shapes military officers' attitudes toward new civilian leadership in democratizing South Korea and the Philippines. It suggests that a factionalized military makes civilian control much more difficult and the route to democratic consolidation highly unstable and incomplete for three reasons. First, in the factionalized army, individual officers' allegiance…
The Origins of the Park Jung-hee Syndrome in South Korea
In the past few decades, post-democratization politics in South Korea have witnessed an upsurge in authoritarian nostalgia, called the “Park Jung-hee syndrome.” This paper examines the origins of public nostalgia for the authoritarian dictator by putting two theoretical arguments, i.e., the socialization thesis and the system output thesis, to an empirical test. This paper utilizes the 2010 Korea Democracy Barometer from the Korea Barometer and t…
Structural Impediments, Domestic Politics, and Nuclear Diplomacy in Post‐ K im Il‐sung N orth K orea
This article uses theoretical insights from neoclassical realism to explain how the end of the C old W ar shaped N orth K orea's domestic political structures and foreign‐policy strategies. It suggests that political leaders are uniquely positioned at the nexus of domestic politics and international politics and employ two different strategies: utilizing international politics for domestic political gain and mobilizing domestic resources to furth…
Crafting democratic control of the military in South Korea and the Philippines: The Problem of Military Factions
This article explores how a military's organizational character (cohesion or lack thereof) shapes military officers' attitudes toward new civilian leadership in democratizing South Korea and the Philippines. It suggests that a factionalized military makes civilian control much more difficult and the route to democratic consolidation highly unstable and incomplete for three reasons. First, in the factionalized army, individual officers' allegiance…
Political corruption, economic performance, and electoral outcomes: A Cross-National Analysis
The current study examines how the incumbent government's economic performance plays a role in mediating the impact of political corruption on electoral outcomes in 115 developing countries with relatively higher levels of corruption than Western consolidated democracies. Borrowing theoretical insights from the information-processing theory of voting, this study finds that political corruption becomes a formative electoral factor when the regime …
Liberal reform, political corruption, and socio-economic impacts in Asia and Eastern Europe
How does economic liberalization — or a country’s integration into the global economy — affect its economic performance and the distribution of wealth? There have been heated debates on positive and negative sides of globalization. This article seeks to fill the existing gap in the study of globalization and its socio-economic outcomes by focusing on the mediating effect of political corruption in countries from Asia and Eastern Europe. The autho…
Political corruption, economy, and citizens' evaluation of democracy in South Korea
South Korean politics has been haunted by numerous corruption scandals as well as the prosecution of politicians and their cronies for their corruption. Yet despite the prevalence and salience of political corruption, many citizens of South Korea tend to overlook the problem by continuing to support corrupt politicians and administrations. This study defines under what circumstances political corruption shapes citizens' judgment of government and…
Kim Jong-il’s military-first politics and beyond: Military control mechanisms and the problem of power succession
Military-first politics has been at the heart of the unexpected regime stability in North Korea under Kim Jong-il and his son Jong-un. This article analyzes Kim Jong-il’s military-first politics as a strategic choice for regime survival, in which the locus of political power switched from the party to the military. At the same time, Kim Jong-il formulated a complex system of circumventing the possibility of the armed forces’ political domination,…
Structural Impediments, Domestic Politics, and Nuclear Diplomacy in Post‐ K im Il‐sung N orth K orea
This article uses theoretical insights from neoclassical realism to explain how the end of the C old W ar shaped N orth K orea's domestic political structures and foreign‐policy strategies. It suggests that political leaders are uniquely positioned at the nexus of domestic politics and international politics and employ two different strategies: utilizing international politics for domestic political gain and mobilizing domestic resources to furth…
Songun Politics and the Political Weakness of the Military in North Korea: An Institutional Account
At the heart of the unexpected regime stability in post–Kim Il-sung Pyongyang is the expanded role of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) as the protector of the regime and the leader, under the slogan of military-first (songun) politics. There is, however, a wide gap between the KPA’s role and its limited political significance. This article examines how Pyongyang’s political systems were designed to enable the leader to firmly control the military a…
The Origins of Political Trust in East Asian Democracies: Psychological, Cultural, and Institutional Arguments
While the importance of social and political trust has been well documented, there is a lack of scholarly consensus over where trust originates. This article tests three theoretical arguments – social-psychological, social-cultural, and political institutional – on the origin of political trust against three East Asian democracies (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). The empirical analysis from the AsiaBarometer survey illustrates that political ins…
Politics in North and South Korea: Political Development, Economy, and Foreign Relations
Confucian Legacies and the Meaning of Democracy in South Korea: A Cultural Interpretation
Whether Confucianism is compatible with liberal democracy has been a topic of heated debate among scholars and politicians alike, but with little meticulous empirical analysis. The incompatibility thesis, represented by the Asian value argument, suggests that as a political culture Confucianism hinders the deepening of democracy in Confucian Asian countries. The compatibility or convergence thesis, in contrast, argues that Confucianism is compati…
The Origins of the Park Jung-hee Syndrome in South Korea
In the past few decades, post-democratization politics in South Korea have witnessed an upsurge in authoritarian nostalgia, called the “Park Jung-hee syndrome.” This paper examines the origins of public nostalgia for the authoritarian dictator by putting two theoretical arguments, i.e., the socialization thesis and the system output thesis, to an empirical test. This paper utilizes the 2010 Korea Democracy Barometer from the Korea Barometer and t…
Asian Military Evolutions: Civil-Military Relations in Asia
Sino–US rivalry and South Korea’s strategic choice for security and space policy: A neoclassical realist perspective
When Regime Security Matters: North Korea’s Quest for Autonomy in Asymmetric Alliances with China and Russia
Political science (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Political economy (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Development economics (5 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (5 works)