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Author Chang, Paul Y., author.

Title Protest dialectics : state repression and South Korea's democracy movement, 1970-1979 / Paul Y. Chang.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : protest dialectics and South Korea's democracy movement -- The making of the authoritarian state -- Consolidating authoritarianism -- The rise and fall of the student movement -- The emergence of Christian activism -- The politicization of journalists and lawyers -- Tactical adaptation and the rise of human rights -- Repression and the formation of alliances -- Conclusion : the legacy of the 1970s democracy movement.
Summary 1970s South Korea is characterized by many as the ""dark age for democracy."" Most scholarship on South Korea's democracy movement and civil society has focused on the ""student revolution"" in 1960 and the large protest cycles in the 1980s which were followed by Korea's transition to democracy in 1987. But in his groundbreaking work of political and social history of 1970s South Korea, Paul Chang highlights the importance of understanding the emergence and evolution of the democracy movement in this oft-ignored decade. Protest Dialectics journeys back to 1970s South Korea and provides readers.
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Subject Social movements -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.
Social movements.
Korea (South)
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Protest movements -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.
Protest movements.
Political persecution -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.
Political persecution.
Authoritarianism -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century.
Authoritarianism.
Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1988.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1960-1988
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Subject Social movements.
Other Form: Print version: Chang, Paul Y., author. Protest dialectics 9780804791465 (DLC) 2014044063 (OCoLC)894746199
ISBN 9780804794305 (electronic book)
0804794308 (electronic book)
9780804791465
0804791465
Standard No. 40024799270