Unintended Consequences of Repression: Alliance Formation in South Korea's Democracy Movement (1970-1979)

• Main Author: CHANG, Paul Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Social movements; South Korea; democracy; Asian Studies; Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/617; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1616/viewcontent/Unintended_conseq_afv_2008.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Research regarding the impact of repression on social movements has yielded conflicting findings; some argue that repression decreases the total quantity of protest events while others argue that it motivates protest. To move beyond this impasse, various scholars have suggested exploring how repress...