SDF

As signs become visible around the world of democracies in decline or under threat, concerns are also growing about the current state of democracy in Korea. Instead of being guided by a political process that helps us pool our collective wisdom and achieve compromise, our politicians are locked in struggles for power and hostile competition. The alternative we propose to set Korea’s democracy on a new trajectory is a politics built on public debate. We also outline two methods to build a political system built on public debate: 1) legal and institutional reforms in the political space and 2) democratic innovations through measures to institutionalize civic participation.