Assessing the shifting qualities of democratic citizenship

The case of South Korea

Bibliographic Data

ID6253256
AuthorsDoh Chull Shin (0000-0003-3645-1535, University of Missouri), Chong-Min Park (The Korea Institute of Public Administration), Jiho Jang (0000-0001-8446-386X, Kwangwoon University)
Year2005
Volume12
Issue2
Pages202-222
Publication date2005-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemocratization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13510340500069345
OpenAlexW2014654737
LanguageEN
Citations received4

The consolidation of nascent democratic rule requires ordinary citizens to have certain basic qualities of democratic citizenship. To understand these qualities, this study proposes and explicates the notion of citizen sophistication with regard to democratic politics in South Korea, a country widely regarded as one of the most successful new democracies. Analysis of the Korea Democracy Barometer surveys, 1996–2001, reveals that the proposed notion of sophistication about democratic politics can serve as a useful new tool for evaluating and monitoring the shifting qualities of democratic citizenship in newly democratizing countries. The same analysis also shows that Korea faces a gross deficiency and notable decline in the cognitive, affective and behavioural qualities of democratic citizenship. These findings seem to indicate that the challenge of promoting mass sophistication about democratic politics may constitute the most intractable task of democratization

Citizenship · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Law · Social Media and Politics

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