Democratic deconsolidation in East Asia

Exploring system realignments in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

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ID6253752
AuthorsDoh Chull Shin (0000-0003-3645-1535, Center for the Study of Democracy, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume28
Issue1
Pages142-160
Publication date2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemocratization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13510347.2020.1826438
OpenAlexW3096530341
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited42

This study explores how and why the citizenries of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan engage in deconsolidating the liberal democratic system in which they live. For this exploration, the study conceptualizes democratic deconsolidation as a two-phase psychological movement and analyses it as the realignment of system affiliation. The analysis of the Asian Barometer Survey recently conducted in these countries reveals that pluralities of their citizenries are psychologically disposed to realign themselves with a hybrid or autocratic system. It also reveals that democratic learning and socioeconomic modernization, two significant influences on democratic consolidation, do little to keep East Asians from joining in the deconsolidation movement. These findings suggest that the deconsolidation of democracy not be equated with a reversal of its consolidation

Asian values · Autocracy · China · Consolidation (business · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Development economics · East Asia · Economics · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Demography · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Capital and Networks

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