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Week IV:
October 25th and 27th: Nationalism, Gender, Labor and Democratization
Tuesday: Democratization, the 386 Generation, Globalization, Currency Crisis, Kim Dae Jung, and Neoliberal Restructuring .
Thursday: Hyosuni, Misoni and Anti-Americanism in 2002; Mad Cow Disease and the Myungbak Lee administration
Take-home Midterm due Sunday , October 30th by 11:59PM
Discussion Topic (optional reading summary due to midterm)
- What were the most important groups struggling for South Korea democratization? What was the significance of the Kwangju Uprising in building a democratic coalition?
- Who are the 386 generation, and what do contemporary youth think of them.
- Who were Hyosuni and Misoni and what did they have to do with the election of Rho Moo Hyun in 2002?
- What was new about the Mad Cow Disease protests of 2008?
- Why did Koreans make use of street protests so much?
Reading:
- Jiyeon Kang, Igniting the Internet: Youth and Activism in Postauthoritarian South Korea Chapters 2-6.
- Recommended :
- Eric Mobrand, "Limited Pluralism in a Liberal Democracy: Party Law and Political Incorporation in South Korea, " Journal of Centemporary Asia 48(4): 605-21 (2018) (available electronically through UW library)
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