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Protesting America: Democracy and the U.S.-Korea Alliance

Protesting America: Democracy and the U.S.-Korea Alliance Book Reviews Protesting America: Democracy and the US-Korea Alliance by Katherine H. S. Moon. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. 260 pp. $29.95 (paper) Observers often characterize South Korean attitudes toward the United States as motivated by an anxiety-driven nationalism or as separated by generation gaps. When this sentiment mani fests in what some perceive as anti-US activity, Amer­ icans respond with surprise or disbelief and call for US abandonment of the Re­ public of Korea (ROK). How can Koreans be so ungrateful given what the United States has historically sacrifice d to protect South Korean freedom? Katherine Moon's Protesting America: Democracy and the US-Korea Alliance challenges such assumptions that "have been reiterated by various wr iters without serious critical evaluation and analysis of alternative explanations" (p. 3). Instead, Moon focuses on "empirical transformation in Korean domestic politics" including the roles of post-democratization people-power, civil society, and institutional and procedu ral changes between state and society, the United States military, and the [South] Korean state (p. 3). As in her previous research, Moon's primary focus is on military base issues, in particular the military base town ( kij ich 'on) and related movements. She con­ centrates on four issues: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Korean Studies Duke University Press

Protesting America: Democracy and the U.S.-Korea Alliance

Caprio, Mark E.
Journal of Korean Studies , Volume 19 (1) – Mar 14, 2014
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Copyright © 2014 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
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Book Reviews Protesting America: Democracy and the US-Korea Alliance by Katherine H. S. Moon. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. 260 pp. $29.95 (paper) Observers often characterize South Korean attitudes toward the United States as motivated by an anxiety-driven nationalism or as separated by generation gaps. When this sentiment mani fests in what some perceive as anti-US activity, Amer­ icans respond with surprise or disbelief and call for US abandonment of the Re­ public of Korea (ROK). How can Koreans be so ungrateful given what the United States has historically sacrifice d to protect South Korean freedom? Katherine Moon's Protesting America: Democracy and the US-Korea Alliance challenges such assumptions that "have been reiterated by various wr iters without serious critical evaluation and analysis of alternative explanations" (p. 3). Instead, Moon focuses on "empirical transformation in Korean domestic politics" including the roles of post-democratization people-power, civil society, and institutional and procedu ral changes between state and society, the United States military, and the [South] Korean state (p. 3). As in her previous research, Moon's primary focus is on military base issues, in particular the military base town ( kij ich 'on) and related movements. She con­ centrates on four issues:

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Published: Mar 14, 2014

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