5. Parties and Party Systems and Their Impact on Reunification and Democracy : Should Korea Copy the German Way?

5. Parties and Party Systems and Their Impact on Reunification and Democracy : Should Korea Copy the German Way?

1. Introduction

2. The Democratic Consolidation of Political Systems

3. The Relevance of Parties and Party Systems for Democratic Consolidation

4. The Configuration of Party Systems and Democratic Consolidation

5. The Type of Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation

6. The Macro Level : The Party System in South Korea

7. The Micro Level : The Type of Parties in South Korea and Their Impact on Democratic Consolidation

8. The Party "System" in North Korea

9. The German Experience : Institutional Transfer and the Export of the West German Party System

10. Conclusion : Why Korea Should not Copy the German Model

11. Reform Proposals

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