Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell 김상훈 金相勳
@skimleffingwell.bsky.social
Researching authoritarian legacies, nostalgia, and political behavior. East/Southeast Asia. Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas (he/him)
sanghoonkimleffingwell.org
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I've written an opinion column on the JoongAng on the parallels between January 6 and the 2025 Seoul Western District Court riot.
www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...
www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...
February 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I've written an opinion column on the JoongAng on the parallels between January 6 and the 2025 Seoul Western District Court riot.
www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...
www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...
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Some good news for democracy in otherwise bleak times: 73% of all countries with recent autocratization episodes experience a recovery of democracy levels shortly thereafter!
See @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social's thread 👇 for the findings from our most recent article!
See @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social's thread 👇 for the findings from our most recent article!
🚨New publication!
We introduce the “U-Turn” as a new regime transformation where autocratization is closely followed by and linked to subsequent democratization.
Key findings:
• 52% of autocratizations become U-Turns,
• 73% when focusing on the last 30 years
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵
We introduce the “U-Turn” as a new regime transformation where autocratization is closely followed by and linked to subsequent democratization.
Key findings:
• 52% of autocratizations become U-Turns,
• 73% when focusing on the last 30 years
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Some good news for democracy in otherwise bleak times: 73% of all countries with recent autocratization episodes experience a recovery of democracy levels shortly thereafter!
See @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social's thread 👇 for the findings from our most recent article!
See @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social's thread 👇 for the findings from our most recent article!
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Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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573 political scientists in and out of Korea have written and signed a declaration calling for Yoon's immediate impeachment. I've translated it into English with Prof. Jeong Hyun Kim at Yonsei:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A Declaration of Political Scientists of South Korea
A Declaration by Political Scientists of South Korea Call for an Immediate Reintroduction and the Passage of the Impeachment Bill to Restore the Constitutional Order The emergency martial law declar...
docs.google.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:00 AM
573 political scientists in and out of Korea have written and signed a declaration calling for Yoon's immediate impeachment. I've translated it into English with Prof. Jeong Hyun Kim at Yonsei:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Re-reading this important piece on political polarization in S. Korea by Cheong and Haggard. "polarization in the country has increased over time... For both legislators and the voting public, the substantive scope of political polarization is widening."
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
Political polarization in Korea
This article provides an empirical overview of political polarization in Korea from 2004 to 2021 based on a wealth of longitudinal surveys. We consider elite as well as mass polarization, document ...
doi.org
December 7, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Re-reading this important piece on political polarization in S. Korea by Cheong and Haggard. "polarization in the country has increased over time... For both legislators and the voting public, the substantive scope of political polarization is widening."
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
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First ever Bluesky post, and I'm excited to share our latest research in World Development (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...)! Coauthored with Sung Eun Kim (@sungeunkim.bsky.social), Jong Hee Park (@jongheepark.bsky.social), and Joonseok Yang. 🧵
What do aid recipients want? Public attitudes toward foreign aid in developing countries
Individuals in developing countries are the ultimate end users of foreign aid. While the international donor community has emphasized the importance o…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:16 PM
First ever Bluesky post, and I'm excited to share our latest research in World Development (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...)! Coauthored with Sung Eun Kim (@sungeunkim.bsky.social), Jong Hee Park (@jongheepark.bsky.social), and Joonseok Yang. 🧵
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For the past 15 yrs, @csiskoreachair.bsky.social have hosted a variety of NextGen programs, selecting promising scholar & practitioner in Korean studies, ranging from IR, politics to Korean history, literature, philosophy and of course K-pop.
Adding more as they join @bsky.app! go.bsky.app/CH5EwzS
Adding more as they join @bsky.app! go.bsky.app/CH5EwzS
November 21, 2024 at 7:06 PM
For the past 15 yrs, @csiskoreachair.bsky.social have hosted a variety of NextGen programs, selecting promising scholar & practitioner in Korean studies, ranging from IR, politics to Korean history, literature, philosophy and of course K-pop.
Adding more as they join @bsky.app! go.bsky.app/CH5EwzS
Adding more as they join @bsky.app! go.bsky.app/CH5EwzS
