Abstract
Why was South Korea’s 2022 presidential election so close, when only a few years prior the party of the winning candidate had been out of contention? The answer can be found by situating the election against a battle between democratic and anti-democratic forces. Anti-democratic forces cynically bid for power by denigrating politics. An examination of how this cynical sensibility developed, from 2016 to 2022, but on the back of a deeper history, points both to what was at stake in this election and to the methods deployed by representatives of the anti-democratic forces that helped create parity in the vote.
| Translated title of the contribution | 2022年韩国总统大选中的政治情感: 玩世不恭与拥戴赞颂 (Title in Chinese) |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 265-284 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Pacific Affairs |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 Jun 10 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Political Science (excluding Peace and Conflict Studies)
- Political Science
- History
Free keywords
- electoral politics
- party politics
- democracy
- South Korea’s politics