**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.