지난주 Quiz와 이번주 Reading Q3. 한국정치학 연구는 유럽정치학의 강력한 영향력 아래 놓여 왔다고 종종 비판 받는다. 참 ( O ) 거짓 ( O ) 이번 주 Reading Anthony Downs (1957) Ch 8. 일부

한국 정당 정치사: A Recurring Pattern 선거 때마다 대통령 후보 중심의 이합집산 대통령이 정당을 사유화 지역주의를 선거전략으로 이용 계급 및 경제적 이해에 기반한 정당지지가 지역주의로 치부되는 패턴 야당후보의 단일화 실패 북한 관련 프레임이 반복적으로 선거에 이용

한국 정당 정치사: A Recurring Pattern 한 정당 내에 다양한 계파 존속 사회전반의 보수시각으로 진보위축 정당의 국가의존도가 높음 대통령 임기 말의 측근비리 정당의 뚜렷한 이념이 없음 정당의 명칭 변경 군소정당이 계속 존재해 왔으나 영향력 없음 민주화 이후 분점정부의 형성

한국 정당 정치 변화와 동인 Any “national mood”-oriented changes? Where do the big mood changes come from? Any “epochal events”-driven party changes?

Ideology & Party Politics in Korea Regional Conflicts  Ideological Conflicts  Generational Conflicts? 지역갈등 이념갈등 세대갈등??? 정당시스템을 둘러싼 갈등구조의 역학 Liberalism in Korean politics Vs. Conservatism in Korean politics? How different over the issue areas such as security, economy, welfare, education, etc

Ideology and Party Politics in Korea 한국정치에서의 Conservatism이란? 기득권세력 (embedded interests)의 권력유지 수단? nation-building and economic development vs. the rise of conservatism?

한국정치와 이념 (보수 vs. 진보) 윤성이, 이민규 (2013)

Parties and Ideology Spatial Competition and Party Ideology Anthony Downs (1957) An Economic Theory of Democracy Rational-Choice Approach The idea of “uncertainty” introduced to political science The notion of political spectrum: a left-wing versus a right-wing position on political issues “A voter would be looking for the party that had an ideological position that was the closest to his or her own position”

Spatial Voting Theory Spatial voting theory is a means of analyzing how political actors make decisions, assuming that alternatives and the preferences of decision makers can be characterized in some issue space. Political actors prefer alternatives that are “close” to their ideal policies over those that are “far” from them.

Party Move and the Median Voter Theorem Definition of the median voter theorem = Political parties will pursue policies that appeal most to the median voter. = It explains why political parties often promote the similar policies (예: 복지정책) to appeal to independent (moderate) voters One big condition is about the ideological distribution of voters. The theorem works if voters’ ideological distribution is a normal distribution (bell-shaped). What happens if voters’ ideological distribution is bimodal?