韩国的地方选举和民主巩固

On the Local Elections and Democratic Consolidation in South Korea

民主巩固理论是用来解释第三波民主化浪潮中,部分新型民主国家民主制度的倒退或进一步深化发展的重要理论框架,其有广义和狭义之分。从狭义的角度看,执政党和总统和平轮替的次数往往被看做民主巩固程度的重要指标;从广义角度看,地方自治和作为地方自治核心组成部分的地方选举的代表性和独立性程度被看做判断民主巩固与否的重要指标。韩国是第三波民主化浪潮以后民主发展比较成功的国家,本文试图以地方选举的独立性和代表性程度来判断韩国的民主巩固程度。

Democratic consolidation theory issued to be an important theoretical framework to explain the level of democratization in some new democratic states after the third wave of democratization. This paper argues that local autonomy and local elections are important indicators to judge whether or not the broad democratic consolidation. South Korea is a success country relatively in the transition of democracy after the third wave of democratization, to what extent around its democratic consolidation, the paper mainly focus onthe local elections and tosummarize thefeatures ofthe six local elections, and to analysis ofthe degree ofthe consolidation of democracy in Korea.