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'Die Notwendigkeit der doppelten Demokratisierung Ostdeutschlands ergab sich aus dem Ziel der Überwindung der Zweistaatlichkeit. Nur eine demokratisierte DDR konnte den international akzeptierten Beschluss zur deutschen Einheit fassen. In mehreren Phasen kam es zunächst zu einer Demokratisierung der DDR, wobei zunächst offen blieb, ob es sich um eine Transformationsdemokratie mit dem Ziel Bundesrepublik Deutschland oder um das politische System einer weiterhin eigenständigen DDR handeln würde. Schneller und intensiver als in den ostmitteleuropäischen Nachbarstaaten demokratisierte die Mehrheit der DDR-Bewohner ihr Staatswesen und schloss sich auf dieser Grundlage dem nun wieder gemeinsamen politischen System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland an.' (Autorenreferat)

Examines different economic, political, and social aspects of the democratic transition period, 1970-89; 7 articles. Includes discussion of the emergence of the gay liberation movement, literature and politics, the role of the bourgeoisie, and foreign policy.

1. Postmodernism / Simon Malpas -- 2. German philosophy after 1980 : themes out of school / Dieter Thoma -- 3. The structuralist legacy / Patrice Maniglier -- 4. Italian philosophy between 1980 an 1995 / Silvia Benso and Brian Schroeder -- 5. Continental philosophy in the Czech Republic / Josef Fulka, Jr. -- 6. Third generation critical theory : Benhabib, Fraser, and Honneth / Amy Allen -- 7. French and Italian Spinozism / Simon Duffy -- 8. Radical democracy / Lasse Thomassen -- 9. Cultural and postcolonial studies / Iain Chambers -- 10. The "ethical turn" in continental philosophy in the 1980s / Rober Eaglestone -- 11. Feminist philosophy : coming of age / Rosi Braidotti -- 12. Continental philosophy of religion / Bruce Ellis Benson -- 13. The performative turn and the emergence of post-analytic philosophy / José Medina -- 14. Out of bounds : philosophy in an age of transition / Judith Butler and Rosi Braidotti.

Das Lehrbuch bietet die erste systematische Einführung in die politikwissenschaftliche Transformationsforschung politischer Systeme. Die hier entwickelten theoretischen Konzepte werden anschließend in vier großen Abschnitten empirisch untersucht, und zwar in der Demokratisierung der Diktaturen Deutschlands, Italiens und Japans nach 1945, der Transformation der Diktaturen Südeuropas (Portugal, Griechenland, Spanien) nach 1974, der kapitalistischen Autokratien Ostasiens (Philippinen, Taiwan, Südkorea, Thailand) in der Mitte der achtziger Jahre sowie der kommunistischen Systeme Osteuropas nach 1989. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel lehrt an der Universität Heidelberg.

The restoration of direct presidential elections in 1987 provided momentum for democratization in South Korea. Indeed, popular election of the president had become a symbol of democratization since President Park Chung-hee abolished it in 1972. It may be still a matter for debate whether South Korea is a fully democratized country, but since the democratic 'founding' election of 1987, it has held free and competitive elections five times nationwide (a second presidential election in 1992, three more National Assembly elections in 1988, 1992 and 1996, and an election in 1995 for local government bodies) and the electoral process has begun to occupy a central place in South Korean politics. This paper focuses on the meaning of elections in South Korea during the democratization period (1985-92). It begins by briefly reviewing the political process from 19455 to 1987, with particular attention to South Korea's democratic experiments, and then discusses how the old and new cleavages - that is, the cleavages of government versus opposition, and of course regionalism - have shaped electoral choice in elections during the democratization period. The paper also discusses the role played by regional cleavages, which have continued to prevail in electoral contests since 1987, within the current presidential system of government in South Korea.

The restoration of direct presidential elections in 1987 provided momentum for democratization in South Korea. Indeed, popular election of the president had become a symbol of democratization since President Park Chung-hee abolished it in 1972. It may be still a matter for debate whether South Korea is a fully democratized country, but since the democratic 'founding' election of 1987, it has held free and competitive elections five times nationwide (a second presidential election in 1992, three more National Assembly elections in 1988, 1992 and 1996, and an election in 1995 for local government bodies) and the electoral process has begun to occupy a central place in South Korean politics. This paper focuses on the meaning of elections in South Korea during the democratization period (1985-92). It begins by briefly reviewing the political process from 19455 to 1987, with particular attention to South Korea's democratic experiments, and then discusses how the old and new cleavages - that is, the cleavages of government versus opposition, and of course regionalism - have shaped electoral choice in elections during the democratization period. The paper also discusses the role played by regional cleavages, which have continued to prevail in electoral contests since 1987, within the current presidential system of government in South Korea.