Korea under Roh Tae-Woo : democratisation, northern policy, and inter-Korean relations
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Korea under Roh Tae-Woo : democratisation, northern policy, and inter-Korean relations
Allen & Unwin, 1993
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[Published] in association with Department of International Relations, RSPacs, Australian National University
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The presidency of Roh Tae-woo (1988-1993) has been an era in Korean politics. Roh has presided over a transformation of the political system which has enabled him to pass power on to a civilian successor, thus ending almost three decades of military rule. During his administration, South Korea has successfuly courted its erstwhile communist antagonists, opening official relations with China and developing a close relationship with President Yeltsin's Russia, while pursuing increasingly important business ties with the former socialist bloc. Seoul has also offered a policy of conciliation towards Pyongyang which has resulted in the adoption of the South-North Korean agreement on reconciliation, non-aggression and co-operation. This volume brings together the work of Korean and foreign scholars and commentators, all of whom comment on aspects of the Roh Tae-woo era. "Korea under Roh Tae-woo" is useful reading for Northeast Asia area specialists concerned to understand the democratic transformation of the Korean political system and Korea's recent foreign relations, and should be of interest to a wide range of students of international relations.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Democratization - prerequisites: South Korea's experiment in democracy
- from authoritarianism to democracy in South Korea
- state reform and democracy in development. Part 2 Democratization - process: the 1988 parliamentary election in South Korea
- reform with no caprice - economic performance of the Roh administration
- political change in South Korea - the challenge of the conservative alliance
- new political development with a vision
- regionalism in electoral politics
- Korea under Roh Tae-woo. Part 3 Northern policy and inter-Korean relations: the strategic equilibrium on the Korean peninsula in the 1990s
- northern diplomacy and inter-Korean relations
- the republic of Korea's northern policy
- the two Koreas and rapprochement - foundations for progress?
- unification through a Korean commonwealth - blue print for a national community. Part 4 Documents.
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