The ideological disposition of Koreans

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ID3986004
AuthorsH C Lee (0000-0002-3985-6266, National Assembly Library, corresponding author), Hyun-Chool Lee
Year2007
Volume37
Issue4
Pages472-494
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472330701546541
OpenAlexW1975364218
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

This article empirically examines the features of Koreans' ideological disposition and its changes based on national surveys conducted in 2002 and 2004. This study provides an in-depth analysis of South Korea's current ideological polarisation at the level of voter attitudes, and thus is able to explain the current ideological stand-off in Korean society more intuitively than was possible previously. Analysis of ideological disposition on ten policy issues revealed that economic factors are statistically significant in examining ideological differences by age and occupation, contrary to the existing analysis that ideological conflict in South Korea is affected more by political factors. In addition, this study has found that there are several fundamental ideological dimensions that affect policy issues. They are categorised as Cold War authoritarianism, neo-liberalism, egalitarianism and post-materialistic values

Disposition · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology

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