Tensions in South Korean Political Parties in Transition: From Entourage to Ideology?
In: Asian survey, Band 46, Heft 4, S. 517-537
ISSN: 1533-838X
South Korea's political parties, previously characterized as vehicles by leaders to recruit entourages to win presidential elections, are becoming more ideologically oriented. The ruling party's new left-wing elites and a new labor party are central to these tensions between entourage and ideology. Growing ideological orientation may affect both political development and the ROK-U.S. alliance.