Lexington Books
Pages: 186
Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-7936-3591-4 • Hardback • April 2021 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-7936-3592-1 • eBook • April 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Oul Han is a postdoctoral researcher and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface: First-Hand Comparative Experiences as a German Korean
Acknowledgments
1. The Puzzle of Weak Yet Extreme Ideology
2. Background Theory of Extremely Polarized Topics
3. Methodology
4. Framing Democracy
5. Framing Unification
6. Framing Welfare
7. Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
Polarized Politics in South Korea: Political Culture and Democracy in Partisan Newspapers greatly enriches our understanding of contemporary Korean politics. Advancing the method of ‘quantitative text analysis,’ the author shows how political ideas polarize the political discourse in modern Korea. The study, which makes use of big data, is original in methodological, empirical, and theoretical respects and will surely become a milestone for readers who are interested in Korean politics.
— Sabine Kropp, Freie Universität Berlin
This work persuasively demonstrates, using advanced methods of statistical text analysis, that the language of political parties and politicians—their topics, symbols, frames and rhetoric—have as much importance as formal election pledges or policy programs in contemporary South Korean politics. Not only researchers of Korean politics, but also readers interested in political discourse will see an example of original and interesting attempts in this book.
— Jin-Wook Shin, Chung-Ang University