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Contesting Market Democracy: Possibilities and Contradictions of the Candlelight Protests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

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Michelle Williams*
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Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa
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Email: michelle.williams@wits.ac.za
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Abstract

This commentary provides a critical discussion of the three essays in this forum and reflects on the similarities and differences between the crises of democracy under globalized neoliberal capitalism in South Korea and South Africa.

Keywords

democracylabor movementsneoliberalismprotest politicssocial movementsSouth Africa
Type
Forum: South Korean Candlelight Protest Movement
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , February 2022 , pp. 145 - 149
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 2022

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