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Consistency or Change in Women's Politicization in South Korea
Author(s) -
Lee AieRie
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1996.tb01623.x
Subject(s) - politics , political science , consistency (knowledge bases) , inequality , phenomenon , gender inequality , gender gap , demographic economics , survey data collection , gender equality , period (music) , development economics , gender studies , sociology , economics , mathematical analysis , statistics , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , law , acoustics
Using 1982 and 1990 survey data, this paper examines the extent to which the gender gap in politicization has persisted and/or changed in South Korea. The core emphasis of the paper is on whether economic development and generational turnover hove reduced gender inequality in some altitudes–psychological involvement, protest potential, system trust–that are important for political activity. The findings indicate that both economic development and generational shift have narrowed the gender gap in politicization over an eight‐year period. It should be emphasized, however, that the socio‐political structure has not caught up with Korean women's attitudinal changes, thus resulting in a phenomenon of “institutional lag.”