The Experience of Democracy and Bureaucracy in South Korea
The Experience of Democracy and Bureaucracy in South Korea South Korea is renowned as one of the success stories of fast economic development. These resources were skilfully leveraged to shape the…
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The Experience of Democracy and Bureaucracy in South Korea
South Korea is renowned as one of the success stories of fast economic development. These resources were skilfully leveraged to shape the direction of private sector actors towards strategic initiatives. The Korean developmental state was a highly efficient, meritocratic, and fully monopolized coercive force.
Instead, step-by-step, the resources of the bureaucracy, which serviced the authoritarian leadership in the developmental period, were exercised towards democratization. However, these very same resources could have resulted in the bureaucracy retaining its power indefinitely. What were the conditions that made this transformation possible?
The Experience of Democracy and Bureaucracy in South Korea addresses this question, filling the existing gap in the academic literature and presenting political implications. It explores the ways in which bureaucracy may not only be compatible