Aural History Research on the 5th Republic in South Korea

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23402015
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Kimura Kan 神戸大学, その他の研究科, 教授 (50253290)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Asaba Yuki 新潟県立大学, 国際地域学部, 教授 (70403912) ; Kim Saedog 芦屋大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80600098) ; Tanaka Satoru 神戸大学, 大学院国際協力研究科, 特別研究員 (90526005)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 韓国 / 民主化 / 権威主義体制 / 全斗煥政権

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research revealed the subjective understanding of Chun Doo-hwan government of South Korea in 1980s against democratization movement by the aural history surveys. As a result of this study, we found that the governmental people had over-confidences on the political stability which was established by the early policies of the government, hence they gradually allowed oppositions to have anti-governmental activities after 1982. However, the impact of the anti-government activities was much bigger than expected, and it was connected to big democratization movements in 1987. It means that the miscalculation of the government played a crucial role on South Korean democratization.

Free Research Field

政治学