Korea under Roh Tae-woo: Democratization, Northern Policy and Inter-Korean Relations. Edited by James Cotton. St. Leonards, Australia: Allen and Unwin Pty., Ltd., 1993. 354 pp.

Abstract

Part 1 Democratization - prerequisites: South Korea's experiment in democracy from authoritarianism to democracy in South Korea state reform and democracy in development. Part 2 Democratization - process: the 1988 parliamentary election in South Korea reform with no caprice - economic performance of the Roh administration political change in South Korea - the challenge of the conservative alliance new political development with a vision regionalism in electoral politics Korea under Roh Tae-woo. Part 3 Northern policy and inter-Korean relations: the strategic equilibrium on the Korean peninsula in the 1990s northern diplomacy and inter-Korean relations the republic of Korea's northern policy the two Koreas and rapprochement - foundations for progress? unification through a Korean commonwealth - blue print for a national community. Part 4 Documents.