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Democratic Governance in South Korea: The Perspectives of Ordinary Citizens and Their Elected Representatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2004

DOH CHULL SHIN
DOH CHULL SHIN
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, 113 Professional Building, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211. Tel: (573) 882-7873. Fax: (573) 884-5131 [email protected]
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The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. (James Madison, 1788)

Democracy is not only a (polyarchical) political regime but also a particular mode of relationship between state and citizens, and among citizens themselves, under a kind of rule of law that, in addition to political citizenship, upholds civil citizenship and a full net work of accountability. (Guillermo O'Donnell, 1999b)

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Research Article
Information
Japanese Journal of Political Science , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , November 2003 , pp. 215 - 240
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

The surveys of ordinary citizens and lawmakers reported in this paper were supported, respectively, by grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF SES-9909037) and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. The author gratefully acknowledges that Chan-Wook Park of Seoul National University and Jong Bin Yoon of Myungji University in Seoul, Korea designed and directed the survey of members of the National Assembly's Committee on the Budget and Audit. He also appreciates helpful comments from Chong-Min Park, Conrad P. Rutkowski, and Jack Van Der Slik, and research assistance from Byong-Keun Jhee and Jae Chul Lee.