Society and Democracy in South Korea and Indonesia

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Society and Democracy in South Korea and Indonesia is written by Brendan Howe and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3031062671 (ISBN 10) and 9783031062674 (ISBN 13).

This book is divided into three sections comprised of pairs of chapters. First, a section examining how Confucianism interacts with democratic resilience in South Korea, compared with the societal role and challenge of Islam in Indonesian democracy. The second section will conduct brief historical surveys of the role of civil society role in Korean and Indonesian democratization, and debates about the appropriate role for civil society after democratization. In particular, the various roles of civil society non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and popular movements will be highlighted in both countries. The final section looks at socio-economic conditions and distributive justice in relation to democracy in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Indonesia.