Аннотация:https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/number/Lessons-of-Korean-Democratization-for-Modern-Russia-20122
Abstract
Amid debates over democratic transition in Eastern Asia the South Korean case more often than not drops out of sight. Meanwhile, the fall of the Syngman Rhee regime and the unsuccessful democratic experiment of the Second Republic, the modernization of the country during Pak Chung-hee rule and the attempts at democratization during the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan are of great illustrative value.
The example of the Republic of Korea shows that modernization and democratization do not necessarily go hand in hand, while Pak’s chuch’es?ng ideology is akin in some respects to Russia’s “sovereign democracy.” This article compares the democratization processes in South Korea and Eastern European countries in terms of external influences (above all, those by the great powers).
This study identifies common features and distinctions in democratization in South Korea and Russia. The main common feature is the lack of a durable tradition of democracy similar to that in Europe, which has caused poor understanding of the process itself and occasional errors in adapting theoretical basics to the traditional conditions of these countries. As a result, in both countries the departure from authoritarian rule did not entail a direct transition to democracy.