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Presidential Power and Democracy: Achieving Political Balance Through Checks and Cooperation in South Korea /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Presidential Power and Democracy: Achieving Political Balance Through Checks and Cooperation in South Korea // Kwangsup Kim.
Author:	Kim, Kwangsup,
Description:	1 electronic resource (468 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International86-11A.
Subject:	Law. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=31994769
ISBN:	9798315743392

Presidential Power and Democracy: Achieving Political Balance Through Checks and Cooperation in South Korea /
Kim, Kwangsup,

Presidential Power and Democracy: Achieving Political Balance Through Checks and Cooperation in South Korea /Kwangsup Kim. - 1 electronic resource (468 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-11, Section: A.

This dissertation examines South Korea's democratic weaknesses from historical, institutional, and geopolitical perspectives, identifying accountability deficits as key obstacles to democratic consolidation. At the core of these problems lies an overly concentrated presidential system, which has produced political deadlock and governance crises by weakening both vertical and diagonal accountability due to a lack of robust horizontal checks. In the absence of effective institutional restraint, executive power remains unchecked, limiting the oversight capacity of civil society, the media, and elections. To address this, the study introduces a new governance model-checks and cooperation for balance-which not only aims to decentralize presidential authority but also institutionalize structured collaboration among government branches as a constitutional principle.The dissertation underscores the importance of vertical (citizen-to-government), horizontal (interinstitutional), and diagonal (civil society and media-based) accountability mechanisms in ensuring democratic resilience. These mechanisms must function as an integrated system: vertical accountability ensures responsiveness through elections; diagonal accountability amplifies public scrutiny and civic engagement; and strong horizontal accountability-anchored in an independent judiciary, empowered legislature, and autonomous oversight agencies-is essential to make the other dimensions effective and legitimate. Without this interlocking structure, accountability mechanisms remain vulnerable to manipulation and polarization.Drawing on Elinor Ostrom's theory of polycentric governance and the concept of "coopetition" from business strategy, the dissertation reconceptualizes executive-legislative relations as a structured tension capable of producing shared institutional gains. The Jeju Permanent Policy Coordination Council illustrates how structured cooperation can be legally embedded to reduce unilateralism, foster mutual oversight, and enhance democratic legitimacy.To institutionalize such cooperation, the dissertation proposes five core reforms: enshrining cooperative principles in the constitution, mandating binding negotiation procedures during key governance cycles, reforming existing advisory bodies into functional deliberative councils, establishing permanent joint policy committees, and enhancing central-local cooperation through strengthened intergovernmental platforms. It also evaluates semi-presidential and parliamentary systems as viable options for balancing power and encouraging institutional collaboration.Ultimately, the study argues that sustainable democratic consolidation in South Korea requires recalibrating its governance framework to balance authority with cooperation. Institutionalizing collaboration and reinforcing horizontal checks will ensure that accountability mechanisms are not merely symbolic but function effectively in practice, securing the durability and legitimacy of democratic institutions.

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ISBN: 9798315743392Subjects--Topical Terms:

600858
Law.
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Constitutional reform

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