The experience of democracy and bureaucracy in South Korea

• Other Authors: Im, To-bin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
• Series: Public policy and governance ; v. 28.
• Subjects: Public policy (International law); Democracy > Korea (South); Bureaucracy > Korea (South); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787144712; 9781787149397
• ISSN: 2053-7697 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S2053-7697201728
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxviii, 254 pages).

South Korea is renowned as one of the success stories of fast economic development. The Korean developmental state was a highly efficient, meritocratic, and fully monopolized coercive force. These resources were skilfully leveraged to shape the direction of private sector actors towards strategic in...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Revisiting bureaucratic dysfunction: the role of bureaucracy in democratization
• Electoral democracy and the role of the electoral management body in South Korea
• Rediscovering Korea's Local bureaucracy: the unsung players in the nation's democratization process
• Bureaucracy, regulatory management, and Korean democracy
• Change and continuity in police organizations: institution, legitimacy, and democratization
• Supreme audit institution and democracy: the function of the board of audit and inspection (BAI) of Korea for democratization
• Public procurement policy in South Korea: Approaches to sustainable development and anti-corruption
• The Olympics, Soft power, and democratization: the role of bureaucracy
• The ceiling strategy as policy: limiting bureaucratic expansion and democratization
• Index.