**THE 4th GLOBAL ISSUES COLLOQUIUM **

Institute for International Trade and Cooperation would like to invite you to our fifth faculty colloquium.

Sources of Political Activism in South Korea:

 Disaffected Radicalism vs. Social Capital

Presenter: Prof. Kisuk Cho (Ewha Womans University)
Monday, Oct. 24

4:30pm-6:30pm (Dinner will be provided)
#1202-1 Seminar Room, International Education Building

* RSVP BY Oct. 23rd FOR DINNER PREPARATION 

Professor Kisuk Cho

Kisuk Cho is a professor in the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University, in Seoul, South Korea. She has published numerous books and articles including “Do Women Lead Differently?”, “Global Leadership Model and Its Empirical Applicability”, “Presidential Leadership and Government Trust,” and “The Ideological Orientation of Candlelight Vigil Participants”. She is also a co‐editor of Encyclopedia of Leadership. She has served for the Korean Political Science Review and recently for the International Studies Review as an editor. What’s more, she also served for President Roh Moo‐Hyun as a senior secretary in public relations.

Abstract
This study examines the two competing sources of political activism, ‘disaffection’ vs. ‘social capital’. This study also employs several data sets including the 2005 World Values Survey, a Korean national pre‐election survey in 2007, a 2008 survey of candle light participants conducted on the street, and a national telephone survey conducted immediately after the 2008 demonstrations. The results render support for social capital such as: interpersonal trust, internal efficacy, and ideology confirming the ‘strategic resources thesis’. The study discusses the prospects of democratic governance in Korea in light of such research findings.