Understanding Korean Politics Book

	List of Tables
Ch. 1	Introduction: Understanding Korean Politics	1
	Understanding Korean Politics: Four Legacies	1
	Structure of the Book	4
Ch. 2	Korean Politics: Setting and Political Culture	9
	Geopolitical Setting	10
	Economic Setting	13
	Social Setting	19
	Political Culture	24
Ch. 3	Development of Korean Politics - A Historical Profile	33
	American Occupation and the First and Second Republics (1945-1960)	34
	In the Heart of Darkness: Political History of the Third through Sixth Republics	47
	Broken Promises: Politics and Economy under the Kim Young Sam Government	57
	Conclusion: Toward a New Political Horizon	63
Ch. 4	The Institutional Foundations of Korean Politics	71
	Institutions and Politics	72
	Institutional Foundations of Korean Politics	80
	Political Implications for Korean Politics	89
Ch. 5	Political Leadership in Korean Politics	107
	The Political Leaders of the First and Second Republics	108
	The Political Leaders of the Third and Fourth Republics	117
	The Political Leaders of the Fifth and Sixth Republics	124
	Conclusion: Evaluating Political Leadership and the Patterns of Official Recruitment	133
Ch. 6	The Political Process in Korea	141
	Elections in Korea	142
	The Political Parties of Korea	154
	Students, the Military, Mass Media, and Interest Groups in Korea	161
Ch. 7	The Administrative Process in Korea	175
	History of the Korean Administration: An Overview	175
	Democratization of the Administration	181
	Functions of the Administration	186
	Administrative Division of Labor and Resource Mobilization	192
	Enhancing Bureaucratic Performance: Evaluation and Control	195
Ch. 8	The Politics of Economic Rise and Decline in South Korea	201
	Contending Models of the Political Economy of South Korea: Market, the State, Networks, and the International System	202
	Historical Trajectory of Economic Transformation: An Empirical Overview	205
	Accounting for the Rise and Decline of the Korean Economy	213
Ch. 9	The Foreign and Unification Policies of the Republic of Korea	231
	Themes in South Korea's Foreign Policy	232
	Changes in South Korea's Foreign Policy	244
	Continuity and Change in South Korea's Unification Policy	249
	The Unification Policy of the Sixth Republic	253
	The Unification Policy of the Kim Young Sam Government	258
	The "Sunshine" Policy of the Kim Dae Jung Government	262
Ch. 10	Understanding the North Korean Political Framework	269
	Approaches to the Study of North Korean Politics	269
	Common Elements: Promise versus Practice	274
	Deviations: Objective Conditions and Subjective Attributes	285
	App. 1: Suggested Reading List	309
App. 2	Map of Korea	319
App. 3	Basic Facts on Korean and the Korean Peninsula	323
App. 4	Korean Constitution	327
App. 5	Government Structure of the Republic of Korea	353
	Contributors	357
	Index	361