POL 133 J Contemporary Korean Politics (Winter Quarter 2017) Political Science, UCSD ♣ Instructor : Prof. Chung-In Moon ♣ Office : TBA (E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected]) ♣ Web site : http://www.cimoon.net ♣ Class Hours: TUTH 2:00-3:20pm in CSB 0005. ♣ Office Hours: Thursday, 4:00-5:30 PM and by appointment Course Description: The course is designed to explore the evolving dynamics of contemporary South Korean politics. Initial attention will be paid to critical historical junctures of South Korea including democratic opening and transition in 1987, which will be followed by the examination of institutional foundation, political leadership, and political actors and processes. Such salient topical issues as the politics of economic transformation, succession politics in North Korea, and Korean unification and inter-Korean relations will also be covered. In conclusion, the course aims at drawing theoretical and empirical implications of Korean politics in comparative perspectives. Evaluation: In-class performance: presentation and class participation (30%), mid-term examination (40%), individual or group term paper (30%) due on March 17. No final examination. Core Readings: 1) Don Oberdorfer and Robert Carlin, The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History (New York: Basic Books, 2014) 2) Soong hoom Kil and Chung-in Moon (eds.), Understanding Korean Politics (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001) 3) Chung-in Moon, The Sunshine Policy: In Defense of Engagement as a Path to Peace in Korea (Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 2012) Optional reading: Ezra Vogel and Byung-Kook Kim (eds.) The Park Chung Hee Era – The Transformation of South Korea (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011) To follow the up-to-date information on Korea, the following newspapers and magazines will be useful. Korea Herald (a daily newspaper in English): http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/ English version of Korean daily newspapers: progressive Hankyoreh (http://english.hani.co.kr); conservative Chosun (http://english.chosun.com/) and JoongAng (http://joongangdaily.joins.com). Korea Focus (a monthly webzine and a quarterly journal published by the Korea Foundation): Available at http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/ Los Angeles editions of 한국 일보 (http://www.koreatimes.com/local.asp) and 중앙일보 (http://www.koreadaily.com) are available in the SGPS Study Area. 1 Useful websites for library research: Korean Online Full-Text database “KSI KISS”( http://kiss.kstudy.com/), which contains more than 1 million full text articles (most articles are in Korean, but some are in English and many have English abstracts) from 1200 academic journals in Korea, is available for UCSD fac ulty and students at Roger. E-Korean Studies (http://www.e-koreanstudies.com), DBpia(http://www.dbpia.co.kr/), and Nurimedia (http://nanc.nurimedia.co.kr) are also available at Roger. Many government documents and master's and doctor's dissertations approved by Korean universities are available at the "Digital Library" of The National Assembly Library (http://www.n anet.go.kr/). Copyrighted materials are available by clicking on the “NADL 2004” icon on the designated computers in the IR/PS computer lab and Geisel Library. Also, the following sites may be useful. www.riss4u.net (Korea Education and Research Information Service, 교육학술정보원) and Korean Social Survey Data Archive (http://www.kossda.or.kr/eng/). On this website, users may search the data and literature archive, download data files, and perform online statistical analysis. Course Outline Week 1 (Jan. 10): Introduction and course overview/ open discussion over contemporary Korean politics/ assignment of in-class presentation No reading assignment Week 2 (Jan. 12, 17): Korean Politics: Historical setting- colonial rule, liberation, national division, the Korean War, the First Republic, and historical overview of contemporary Korean politics -Don Oberdorfer and Robert Carlin, The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History (entire, skim over time)/ Bruce Cumings, Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated) (WW Norton & Company, 2005), Ch. 4. “Passions: 1945-48.” Ch. 5. “Collision: 1948-53/ Kil in Kil and Moon, pp. 33-70/Chung-in Moon, "Over-developed State and the First Republic: A Critical Reinterpretation," Asian Perspective, 23:1, 179-203 (1999) with Sang-young Rhyu Presentation topic: Debates on the origin of the Korea War (orthodox, revisionist, and re-revisionist perspectives) -Optional readings: Kathryn Weathersby, “New Russian Documents on the Korean War, Introduction and Translation,” and “An Exchange on Korean War Origins with Bruce Cumings/ Kathryn Weathersby,” Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) Bulletin 6/7, Winter 1995, pp. 30-35, 120-122. Week 3 (Jan. 19, 24): Critical juncture in South Korea's political history: From authoritarianism to democracy/ democratic opening, transition, and consolidation/ dynamics of structure, culture and leadership choice: Confucianism, materialism, and post-materialism/ challenges to Korean democracy -Woon-tai Kim in Kil and Moon, 9-32/Sameul Kim, "Korea's Democratization in the Global- Local Nexus," In Sam Kim (ed.), Korea's Democratization (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003), pp. 3- 44/ Cumings, Ch. 7.,“The Virtues II: The Democratic Movement, 1960-Present”/ Chung- in Moon, “A Circle of Paradox: Development, Politics, and Democracy in South Korea,” in Adrian Le ftwich (ed.), Democracy and Development: Essays on Theory and Practice (Cambridge, UK: Polity P 2 ress, 1995), with Y. Kim/ Jang Jip Choi, "Political Cleavages in South Korea" and Hagen Koo, " The State, Minjung and the Working Class in South Korea, Uchang Kim, "Politics and Culture" in Hagen Koo (eds), State and society in Contemporary Korea (Cornell University Press, 1993)/ Heo, Uk, and S ung Deuk Hahm. “Political Culture and Democratic Consolidation in South Korea”. Asian Survey 54. 5 (2014): 918940/ Soo Young Auh, "Where are Koreans going?: Change and stability in values amon g Koreans and democratization." Korea Observer 31.4 (2000): 497/ Doa C. Shin, Confucianism and D emocracy in East Asia (Cambridge, 2012), pp. 53-70, 317-333. Presentation topic: "Determinants of democratic transition in 1987: structure, culture, or leadership choice?" Week 4 (Jan. 26, 31): Korean politics: Institutional setting - Constitutional foundation/ strong executive, weak legislature, partial judiciary/executive bureaucratic nexus/ institution and politics/ debates on imperial presidency/ presidential vs. parliamentary system/ bureaucratic system/ electoral institution - Kil, David Kang, and Bark in Kil and Moon, pp. 33-69, pp. 71-106, and pp. 175-200/ Hahm, Chaihark. "Conceptualizing Korean Constitutionalism: Foreign Transplant or Indigenous Tradition." Journal of Korean Law 1 (2001) / Yuki. "Presidentialism in Korea: A Strong President and a Weak Government(Ch.3) " In Kasuya, Yuko. Presidents, assemblies and policy-making in Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)/ Park, Chan Wook. 2000. “Legislative-Executive Relations and Legislative Reform.” In Diamond and Shin eds., Institutional Reform and Democratic Consolidation in Korea (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press), Ch. 3/ Park, Chan Wook. "The national assembly of the Republic of Korea." The Journal of Legislative Studies 4.4 (1998): 66-82/ Kyung-chul Kim, S. Cho, and J. Hong, "The mixed member majoritarian system as a policy solution," Korean Observer 46:3 (Autumn 2015), pp. 461-488/ Jaung, Hoon. 2009. “Two Tales of the Korean Presidency: Imperial but Imperiled Presidency,” in Mo and Brady eds., The Rule of Law in South Korea (Hoover Institution Press), 61-82 / Sang-young Rhyu, “Catastrophe 2016 in South Korea: A Tale of Dynamic History and Resilient Democracy,” East Asia Foundation Policy Brief (November 22, 2016), http://www.keaf.org/book/EAF_Policy_Debate_Catastrophe_2016_in_South_Korea:_A_Tale_of_Dy namic_History_and_Resilient_Democracy Presentation topic: What went wrong with presidential system?: The case of Park Geun-hye presidency” Week 5 (Feb. 2, 7): Political leadership in South Korea: a survey of political leadership/ an in- depth examination of Park Chung-hee/ Park's modernization strategy- success and failures/ myth and reality of political leadership in South Korea -Ki-shik S.J. Han in Kil and Moon, pp. 107-140/ Pyŏng-guk Kim and Ezra F. Vogel. The Park Chung Hee Era (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011), parts I, II, and III (skim)/ Woo Jin Kang, “Policies and Politics : Democratic Performance and Park Chung-hee: Nostalgia in Korean Democracy,” Asian Perspective, 40:1 (2016), pp. 51-78. Optional: Yi, Pyŏng-chʻŏn. Developmental dictatorship and the Park Chung-hee era: the shaping of modernity in the Republic of Korea (Homa & Sekey Books, 2006)/ Suh, Dae-Sook (ed.). Political Leadership in Korea (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2014). /Carter, Eckert J. Park Chung Hee and modern Korea: the roots of militarism 1866-1945 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016) 3 Presentation topic: “Debates on legacies of Park Chung-hee leadership: industrialization vs. democracy" Week 6 (Feb. 9, 14): Political actors and political process: elections and voting behavior/ political parties / media, the military, students, labor, and NGOs/ changing landscape of political process Lee in Kil and Moon, 174/ Jaung, Hoon. “Electoral Politics and Political Parties.” in LarryDiamond and Shin,/ Kim, Byung Kook, “Party Politics in South Korea’s Democracy: The Crisis of Success.” in Larry Diamond and Byung-Kook Kim eds, Consolidating Democracy in South Korea, 53-85/ Kim, Sunhyuk. 2012. “Contentious