Society and Democracy in South Korea and Indonesia

Brendan Howe is Dean and Professor of International Relations at Ewha Womans University Graduate School of International Studies, South Korea, and President of the Asian Political and International Studies Association.

• 1. Political Culture and Societal Exceptionalism: Challenges to Democracy?.- 2. Confucianism and Democracy in South Korea: A Comparative Perspective.- 3. Between the Internal Struggle and Electoral Rules Effect: The Challenges of Political Islam in a Democratic Indonesia.- 4. Civil Society and Democratization in South Korea.- 5. NGOs and Democratization in Indonesia: From Co-optation to Collaboration.- 6. From Post Child to Poor Cousin? Expanding the Frontiers of Economic Democracy in South Korea.- 7. Socio-Economic Conditions and Indonesia Democratic Support.- 8. The Social Basis of East Asian Democracy.