South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical Networks

South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical Networks

Transnational network studies in international relations, sociology, and history have grown rapidly since the 1990s. Research often tends to take a top-down (North-South) approach in which developed countries or international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) are assumed to “help” the developin...

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Main Author: Misook Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea University, Center for Korean History 2014-08-01
Series:International Journal of Korean History
Subjects:
Transnational Advocacy Networks
Communicative Interaction
Democratization Movement
Reflexivity
Online Access:http://ijkh.khistory.org/upload/pdf/ijkh-19-2-241.pdf
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spelling doaj-66af77b6ec6a4f0ead0158d87b255c7c2020-11-25T01:50:14ZengKorea University, Center for Korean HistoryInternational Journal of Korean History1598-20412508-59212014-08-0119224127010.22372/ijkh.2014.19.2.24138South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical NetworksMisook Lee0Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of TokyoTransnational network studies in international relations, sociology, and history have grown rapidly since the 1990s. Research often tends to take a top-down (North-South) approach in which developed countries or international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) are assumed to “help” the developing ones. However, this one-way approach cannot fully explain the dynamics of transnational activist networks. The following paper aims to better understand the dynamics of transnational networks by focusing on the ‘communicative interaction’ among various groups supporting the democratization movement in South Korea. It specifically investigates the formation and activities of transnational information exchange networks in Japan and the United States that worked with Korean Christians. In addition, this research examines the meaning and political implications of forming transnational networks with struggling others; transnational networks can work reflexively by problematizing the structural relationships among differently situated actors.http://ijkh.khistory.org/upload/pdf/ijkh-19-2-241.pdfTransnational Advocacy NetworksCommunicative InteractionDemocratization MovementReflexivity
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South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical Networks
International Journal of Korean History
Transnational Advocacy Networks
Communicative Interaction
Democratization Movement
Reflexivity
author_facet Misook Lee
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title South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical Networks
title_short South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical Networks
title_full South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical Networks
title_fullStr South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical Networks
title_full_unstemmed South Korea’s Democratization Movement of the 1970s and 80s and Communicative Interaction in Transnational Ecumenical Networks
title_sort south korea’s democratization movement of the 1970s and 80s and communicative interaction in transnational ecumenical networks
publisher Korea University, Center for Korean History
series International Journal of Korean History
issn 1598-2041
2508-5921
publishDate 2014-08-01
description Transnational network studies in international relations, sociology, and history have grown rapidly since the 1990s. Research often tends to take a top-down (North-South) approach in which developed countries or international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) are assumed to “help” the developing ones. However, this one-way approach cannot fully explain the dynamics of transnational activist networks. The following paper aims to better understand the dynamics of transnational networks by focusing on the ‘communicative interaction’ among various groups supporting the democratization movement in South Korea. It specifically investigates the formation and activities of transnational information exchange networks in Japan and the United States that worked with Korean Christians. In addition, this research examines the meaning and political implications of forming transnational networks with struggling others; transnational networks can work reflexively by problematizing the structural relationships among differently situated actors.
topic Transnational Advocacy Networks
Communicative Interaction
Democratization Movement
Reflexivity
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