Towards Consolidation : Civic Organizations and Democratic Values in Asia :Civic Organizations and Democratic Values in Asia

Lee Sangmook; Ozymy Joshua

doi:10.14731/kjis.2006.12.46.5.183

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Civic Organizations and Democratic Values in Asia

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한국국제정치학회
국제정치논총 학술저널
The Korean Journal of International Relations Vol.46 No.5
2006.12 183 - 205 (23page)
DOI : 10.14731/kjis.2006.12.46.5.183

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The factors affecting democratic consolidation have remained a constant research agenda for scholars across the globe. While sustainable economic conditions and free political institutions are thought to foster consolidation, there remains the question of what factors facilitate acceptance of democracy in the citizenry? Many contemporary scholars claim that civic associations are at the heart of a strong civil society which provides civic education leading to the internalization of democratic values in the citizenry. While this idea has been broadly tested and confirmed in the Western world there is little empirical research connecting civic organizations and democratic values in Asia. This may be due to cultural preconceptions that Asia is somewhat inhospitable to democratic consolidation or other factors. Can voluntary associations contribute to the development of democratic values in Asia? This paper attempts to answer this by examining 5 Asian nations with varied histories of democratic consolidation: South Korea, India, Taiwan, Philippines, and Bangladesh. Using the World Values Survey (1995-1998), our findings suggest that civic organizations do in fact contribute to the enhancement of democratic values in Asia. However, there is a great amount of variation in this relationship. These findings demonstrate an increased need to study the connection between voluntary organizations and democratic values in Asia in greater detail.

#Civic organizations #Democratic consolidation #Democratic values #Confidence in democratic institutions #Respect for pluralism