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In Strongman We Trust: The Political Legacy of the New Village Movement in South Korea
dc.contributor.authorHong, Ji Yeon
dc.contributor.authorPark, Sunkyoung
dc.contributor.authorYang, Hyunjoo
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-06T16:35:04Z
dc.date.available2024-11-06 11:35:01en
dc.date.available2023-11-06T16:35:04Z
dc.date.issued2023-10
dc.identifier.citationHong, Ji Yeon; Park, Sunkyoung; Yang, Hyunjoo (2023). "In Strongman We Trust: The Political Legacy of the New Village Movement in South Korea." American Journal of Political Science 67(4): 850-866.
dc.identifier.issn0092-5853
dc.identifier.issn1540-5907
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/191373
dc.description.abstractThis study explores how authoritarian distributive policies may not only generate political support for the autocrat but may also help sustain powerful and lasting authoritarian legacies. We use microlevel data from South Korea’s New Village Movement, a 1970s rural development program implemented under dictator Park Chung-hee and widely touted as contributing to the country’s rapid economic development. Our analysis shows that townships in receipt of larger cash transfers cast more votes for Park’s incumbent party in the subsequent election. More importantly, we show that the effects of the subsidies still appeared almost four decades later in 2012, when the dictator’s daughter was democratically elected as the president of South Korea. We show that these effects were not driven by villagers’ long-term income gains or enhanced social capital due to the program but by the unwavering support of the beneficiary villagers for the dictator, whose legacy remained strong long after democratization.
dc.publisherAsian Development Bank
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.titleIn Strongman We Trust: The Political Legacy of the New Village Movement in South Korea
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Science
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Law
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/191373/2/ajps12716_am.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/191373/3/ajps12716-sup-0001-Appendix.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ajps.12716
dc.identifier.sourceAmerican Journal of Political Science
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