South Korean social movements from democracy to civil society

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-297) and index.

Democratization and the evolution of social movements in Korea : institutionalization and diffusion / Paul Y. Chang and Gi-Wook Shin -- Social movements and democratic transition -- The Korean democracy movement : an empirical overview / Gi-Wook Shin, Paul Y. Chang, Jung-eun Lee and Sookyung Kim -- From Minjung to the Simin : the discursive shift in Korean social movements / Namhee Lee -- Exorcizing the ghosts of Kwangju : policing protest in the post-authoritarian era / Jong Bum Kwon -- Institutionalization of social movements -- Origins of the national human rights commission of Korea : global and domestic causes / Jeong-Woo Koo -- From the streets to the courts : PSPD's legal strategy and the institutionalization of social movements / Joon Seok Hong -- The entry of past activists into the national assembly and South Korea's participation in the Iraq war / Sookyung Kim and Paul Y. Chang -- The consequences of government funding for environmental NGOs in South Korea / Chang Bum Ju -- The institutionalization of the women's movement and gender legislation / Chan S. Suh, Eun Sil Oh and Yoon S. Choi -- Spin off movements and diffusion processes -- Citizen journalism : the transformation of the democratic media movement / Thomas Kern and Sang-hui Nam -- New activist cultural production : independent filmmakers, the post-authoritarian state, and new capital flows in South Korea / Young-a Park -- The Korean gay and lesbian movement 1993-2008 : from "identity" and "community" to "human rights" / Hyun-young Kwon Kim and John (Song Pae) Cho -- Lawyers for a democratic society (Minbyun) : the evolution of its legal mobilization process since 1988 / Patricia Goedde -- Left out : people's solidarity for social progress and the evolution of Minjung after authoritarianism / Alice S. Kim.