Publication Cover
Ethnopolitics
Formerly Global Review of Ethnopolitics
Volume 15, 2016 - Issue 2
389
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

An Unexpected Pioneer in Asia: The Enfranchisement of Foreign Residents in South Korea

&

References

  • Ahn, S. H. (2001). Grounds of the argument for enacting the residents referendum law and reform tasks. Korean Society and Administration Research, 12(1), 3–20. (Korean)
  • Aleinikoff, A., & Klusmeyer, D. (Eds.). (2002) Citizenship policies for an age of migration. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  • Bauböck, R. (2003). Towards a political theory of migrant transnationalism. International Migration Review, 37(3), 700–723.
  • Bauböck, R. (2005). Expansive citizenship–Voting beyond territory and membership. Political Science and Politics, 38(4), 683–687.
  • Bauböck, R. (2007). Stakeholder citizenship and transnational political participation: A normative evaluation of external voting. Fordham Law Review, 75(5), 2393–2447.
  • Baumgartner, F., Brouard, S., & Grossman, E. (2009). Agenda-setting dynamics in France: Revisiting the ‘partisan hypothesis’. French Politics, 7(2), 75–95.
  • Benoit, K. (2007). Electoral laws as political consequences: Explaining the origins and change of electoral institutions. Annual Review of Political Science, 10, 363–390.
  • Boix, C. (1999). Setting the rules of the game: The choice of electoral systems in advanced democracies. The American Political Science Review, 93(3), 609–624.
  • Brubaker, W. R. (1998). Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Brubaker, W. R., & Kim, J. (2011). Transborder membership politics in Germany and Korea. Archives européennes de sociologie, 52(1), 21–75.
  • Cansanello, O. C. (2003). From subjects to citizens: Essay on freedom in republican origins. Buenos Aires, 1810–1852. Buenos Aires: Imago Mundi.
  • Checkel, J. (2005). It's the process stupid! Tracing causal mechanisms in European and international politics. In A. Klotz (Ed.), Qualitative methods in international relations (pp. 1–29). Working paper 26. New York: ARENA.
  • Choi, U. Y. (2003). Research on participation rights of foreigners focusing on the question of participations rights of overseas Koreans in Japan and referring to Japanese theories. Public Law Research, 4(2), 315–340. (Korean)
  • Choso˘nilbo. (2001, December 15). Voting rights for foreigners too hasty. Choso˘nilbo, p. 2.
  • Chung, I. S. (1996). The legal status of overseas Koreans in Japan. Seoul: SNU Publisher. (Korean)
  • Chung, I. S. (2005). Status-quo of the debate on regional voting rights of foreigners in South Korea. Public Interest and Human Rights, 2(1), 33–44. (Korean)
  • Chung, S. H. (2010). Research on the background of the introduction of participation rights for immigrants in South Korea and its characteristics. Studies on the Nation, 44, 26–47. (Korean)
  • Colomer, J. M. (2004). Handbook of electoral system choice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Cox, G. (1997). Making votes count: Strategic coordination in the world's electoral systems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Croissant, A. (2002). Electoral politics in South Korea. In A. Croissant (Ed.), Electoral politics in Southeast and East Asia (pp. 233–276). Singapore: FES.
  • Earnest, D. (2003). Voting rights for denizens: A comparison of 25 democracies. Washington, DC: The George Washington University.
  • Emmerich, G. E., & Peraza Torres, X. (2011). Sufragio Transnacional. Experiencias Latinoamericanas de voto desde el exterior y voto de los extranjeros. In La transnacionalización. Enfoques teóricos y empíricos. México, D.F.: Miguel Ángel Porrúa, UAM.
  • Fairclough, N. (1993). Analysing discourse: Textual analysis for social research. London: Routledge.
  • Faist, T. (2001). Jenseits von Nation und Post-Nation. Transstaatliche Räume und Doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft. Zeitschirft für Internationale Beziehungen, 7(1), 109–144.
  • Fischer, F. (2003). Reframing public policy: Discursive politics and deliberative practices. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • General Assembly of the Korean National Assembly (2003, December 29). Minutes of the National Assembly's 244th Session Meeting, 4th Meeting. National Assembly Secretariat.
  • General Assembly of the Korean National Assembly (2005, July 6). Minutes of the National Assembly's 255th Session Meeting, 1st Meeting. National Assembly Secretariat.
  • General Assembly of the Korean National Assembly (2006, February 9). Minutes of the National Assembly's 258th Session Meeting, 3rd Meeting. National Assembly Secretariat.
  • Groenendijk, K. (2008). Local voting rights for non-nationals in Europe: What we know and that we need to learn: Study for the transatlantic council on migration. Washington, DC: MPI.
  • Guiraudon, V. (2007). Citizenship rights for non-citizens: France, Germany, and the Netherlands. In C. Joppke (Ed.), Challenge to the nation-state: Immigration in Western Europe and the United States (pp. 272–317). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Hajer, M. (2003). A frame in the fields: Policymaking and the reinvention of politics. In M. Hajer & H. Wagenaar (Eds.), Deliberative policy analysis (pp. 88–110). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Hajer, M. (2005). Setting the stage: A dramaturgy of political deliberation. Administration & Society, 36(6), 624–647.
  • Hajer, M., & Laws, D. (2006). Ordering through discourse. In M. Moran, M. Rein, & R. E. Goodin (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of public policy (pp. 253–268). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Hall, P. (2006). Systematic process analysis: When and how to use it. European Management Review, 3(1), 24–31.
  • Hammar, T. (1990). Democracy and the nation-state: Aliens, denizens, and in a world of international migration. Aldershot: Avebury.
  • Hangukilbo. (1999, September 9). Pursuing political participations rights for foreigners, elevating image through opening and human rights status. Hangukilbo, p. 1.
  • Hansen, R., & Koehler, J. (2005). Issue definition, political discourse and the politics of nationality reform in France and Germany. European Journal of Political Research, 44(5), 623–644.
  • Hansen, R., & Weil, P. (2001). Towards a European nationality. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
  • Hayduk, R. (2006). Democracy for all: Restoring immigrant voting rights in the United States. New York: Routledge.
  • Hong, S. P. (2000). Constitution II. Seoul: Hyunamsa.
  • Hong, J. W. (2010). Migrants’ political participation: Principles, patterns and institutional design. Research on Korean Politics, 19(2), 225–253. (Korean)
  • Huh, Y. (2001). Theory on the Korean constitution. Seoul: Pakyo˘ngsa. (Korean)
  • Jacobs, D. (1998). Discourse, politics and policy: The Dutch parliamentary debate about voting rights for foreign residents. International Migration Review, 32(2), pp. 350–373.
  • Jacobs, D. (1999). The debate over enfranchisement of foreign residents in the Netherlands and Belgium. Absence of the ethnic minority voice? Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions, Mannheim, 26–31 March.
  • Jacobson, D. (1996). Rights across borders: Immigration and the decline of citizenship. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Jeon, H.-k. (2008). A review of Korea's policy on the Korean diaspora. Policy Analysis and Evaluation, 18(4), 165–197.
  • Jeong, S. H., & Jeon, C. H. (2013). The comparative research on differences of voting rights for immigrants between Korea and Japan: Implication of civic republicanism. Asian Studies Review, 16(2), 85–124. (Korean)
  • Joppke, C. (2001). The evolution of alien rights in the United States, Germany, and the European Union. In R. Hansen & P. Weil (Eds.), Nationality law in Europe (pp. 36–62). London: Macmillan.
  • Joppke, C. (Ed.). (2007). Challenge to the nation-state: Immigration in Western Europe and the United States. Reprinted. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Joppke, C. (2008). Comparative citizenship: A restrictive turn in Europe? Law & Ethics of Human Rights, 2(1), 1–41.
  • Kalicki, K. (2009a). Electoral rights beyond territory and beyond citizenship? The case of South Korea. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 10(3), 289–311.
  • Kalicki, K. (2009b). Ethnic nationalism and political community: The overseas suffrage debates in Japan and South Korea. Asian Studies Review, 33(2), 175–195.
  • Kang, K. G. (1997). Constitutional Law. Seoul: Bo˘mmunsa. (Korean)
  • Kay, H. Y. (2000). Constitutional Law II. Seoul: Pakyo˘ngsa. (Korean)
  • Keller, R. (2005). Analysing discourse. An approach from the sociology of knowledge. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 6(3). Retrieved from http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0503327
  • Kim, H. K. (1999a). Regional political participations rights for foreigners. Land and Public Law Research, 7, 287–320. (Korean)
  • Kim, M. Y. (1999b). Direction of the legal enactment for the activation of direct participation of residents. Seoul: Hangukbo˘pjeyo˘nguwo˘n. (Korean)
  • Kim, C. S. (2001). Introduction to constitutional law. Seoul: Pakyo˘ngsa. (Korean)
  • Kim, H. K. (2002). Internationalising of the regions and voting rights for foreigners with residence rights. Regionale Verwaltung, 51(581), 16–23. (Korean)
  • Kim, C. H. (2006). Voting rights for foreigners in regional elections. Examination World, 52(10) (596), 25–32. (Korean)
  • Kim, S. Y. (2010). Foreigners as the subject of fundamental rights. Europe Constitutional Law Study, 7, 291–321. (Korean)
  • Kim, Y. C. (2011). Study on political rights of immigrants in France and the United Kingdom. Journal of the Korean Association for Party Research, 10(1) (18), 201–230. (Korean)
  • Kim, C. K. & Chang, C. A. (2010). Political participation of immigrants in multicultural societies: Focusing on South Korea. Seoul: National Election Commission (NEC). (Korean)
  • Kim, H.-R., & Oh, I. (2011). Migration and multicultural contention in Asia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37(10), 1563–1581.
  • Kong, C. S. (2002). Democracy and the regional political participation rights of foreigners. Legal Studies, 9, 39–40. (Korean).
  • Ku, B. S. (1997). Human rights and participation rights of foreigners. Contemporary view on public law. Theses collection in commemoration of the 60th birthday of Yuk Chong-su. Seoul: Hyungchul Publisher. (Korean)
  • Kungminilbo. (1999a, March 22). Considering to give participation rights to resident foreigners. Kungminilbo, p. 3.
  • Kungminilbo. (1999b, July 26). Japanese official, ‘Participation rights in the regions in reciprocity with Korea’. Kungminilbo, p. 2.
  • Kungminilbo. (2004, September 8). Voting-age to be lowered to 19. Kungminilbo, p. 2.
  • Kwon, Y. S. (2001). Basic theory of constitutional law. Seoul: Bo˘mmunsa. (Korean)
  • Kyo˘nghyangsinmun. (1999, March 23). Controversy on ‘participation rights for foreigners’. Kyo˘nghyangsinmun, p. 2.
  • Kyo˘nghyangsinmun. (2001, December 21). What is the controversy about? Voting rights for long-term resident foreigners. Kyo˘nghyangsinmun, p. 7.
  • Lee, Y. H. (1993). Study on election rights of foreigners according to the constitution (PhD thesis). Chungnam National University, South Korea. (Korean)
  • Lee, K. W. (2001a). Post-war Japan and permanent resident foreigners’ regional political participation rights: Focused on constitutional interpretation and the political process. Nation Research, 7, 87–106. (Korean)
  • Lee, Y. H. (2001b). Political participation rights of foreigners with residence status in the regions according to the constitution. Internationale Menschenrechtsgesetze, 4, 59–106. (Korean)
  • Lee, Y. H. (2002a). Verfassungsrechtliche Ü berlegungen zum Ausländerwahlrecht auf nationaler Ebene. Korean Journal for North-East Asia, 22, 29–46. (Korean)
  • Lee, Y. H. (2002b). Foreigners’ voting rights on the national level: Focusing on Korean expats in Japan. Proceedings of the conference new perception of overseas Koreans and cooperation in the East Asian region in the 21st century, 10, 25–44. (Korean)
  • Lee, Y. H. (2005). Studie zu den politischen Partizipationsrechten von langfristig im Inland befindlichen Ausländern. Research on Law and Politics, 5(1), 181–208. (Korean)
  • Lee, Y. H. (2008). Foreigners’ voting rights and election law. Legal Research, 32, 23–45. (Korean)
  • Lee, Y. H. (2012). A study on the possibility of introducing electoral eligibility for permanent alien residents. Digital Policy Research, 11(3), 13–22. (Korean)
  • Lee, K. Y., & Kim, K. M. (2010a). The migration policy and the political participation of immigrants in Germany. International Regional Studies, 14(1), 153–178. (Korean)
  • Lee, K. Y., & Kim, K. M. (2010b). Multicultural policies and political participation rights in Australia. International Politics Theses Collection, 50(1), 445–468. (Korean)
  • Lim, T. C. (2012). South Korea as an ordinary country: A comparative inquiry into the prospects for permanent immigration to Korea. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38(3), 507–528.
  • Maeilkyo˘ngje. (2001a, April 18). Giving voting rights to long-term resident foreigners for regional elections. Maeilkyo˘ngje, p. 1.
  • Maeilgyo˘ngje. (2001b, December 13). Voting rights for foreigners. Maeilgyo˘ngje, p. 1.
  • Minbyo˘n (2001). Minutes of ‘globalization & human rights: The establishment of permanent resident status’. Retrieved March 28, 2001, from http://psk21.com/sccs/bbs/board.php?bo_table=workshop13&wr_id=17
  • Mindan. (2004). 40 years anniversary of normalization of relations—discussion round of MPs in their 40s. Retrieved from http://www.mindan.org/kr/front/newsDetail.php?category=0&newsid=3131. (Korean)
  • Mindan. (2005). Year 2004 General Report (proposal) at the 58th Regular Central Committee Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.mindan.org/kr/front/newsDetail.php?category=0&newsid=3286. (Korean)
  • Mosler, H. B. (2012). Curtailing political parties efficiently: The policy decision to abolish party chapters in South Korea. ASIEN—The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, 125, 8–34.
  • Munhwailbo. (1999, April 2). Ministry of Justice ‘taking great stake’ in follow-up ideas to ‘political participation rights for long-term residing foreigners’. Munhwailbo, p. 26.
  • Norris, P. J. (2010). Cultural explanations of electoral reform. Harvard Kennedy School Research Working Paper 10-022, Harvard University.
  • North, D. C. (1988). Ideology and political/economic institutions. Cato Journal, 8(1), 15–28.
  • O, T. S. (2005). Constitutional examination of the question of political participation rights of foreigners in South Korea. Public Interest and Human Rights, 2(1), 45–66. (Korean)
  • Pae, K. S., Cho˘ng, T. C., Cho˘ng, K. H., Yi, H. C., Yoo, S. N., Yoo, C. K., … Ham, S. H. (2000). Special law proposal for the investment of regional election rights for long-term foreigners. No. 407, Seoul, November 25. (Korean)
  • Park, C. S. (2008a). Study on the Korean diaspora and political participations rights for Korean abroad. Proceedings of the 60th anniversary conference, Seoul, 135–152. (Korean)
  • Park, J. W. (2008b). Critical analysis of the proposed reform law of the election law for investing elections rights to Koreans abroad. World Constitution Research, 14(3), 197–228. (Korean)
  • Park, H. S. (2011). The question of political participation rights of foreigners in Korea. Nation Research, 47, 146–177. (Korean)
  • Pedroza, L. (2012). Citizenship before nationality. How liberal democracies redefine citizenship by extending voting rights to resident migrants (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bremen.
  • Pedroza, L. (2013a). Denizen enfranchisement and flexible citizenship: National passports or local ballots? In W. Maas (Ed.), Multilevel citizenship (pp. 25–42). Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Pedroza, L. (2013b). Policy framing and denizen enfranchisement in Portugal: Why some migrant voters are more equal than others. Citizenship Studies, 17(6–7), 852–872.
  • Pierson, P. (2003). Big, slow-moving, and… invisible. In J. Mahoney & D. Rueschemeyer (Eds.), Comparative historical analysis: New approaches and methods (pp. 177–207). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Polletta, F., & Ho, K. M. (2008). Frames and their consequences. In R. E. Goodin & C. Tilly (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of contextual political analysis (pp. 187–209). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Przeworski, A. (2009). Conquered or granted? A history of suffrage extensions. British Journal of Political Science, 39(2), 291–321.
  • Romanelli, R. (Ed.). (1998). How did they become voters? The history of franchise in modern European representation. Hague: Kluwer Law International.
  • Rose, N., & Miller, P. (1992). Political power beyond the state: Problematics of government. The British Journal of Sociology, 43(2), 173–205.
  • Sartori, G. (n.d.). Political development and political engineering. In J. D. Montgomery & A. O. Hirschman (Eds.), In public policy (Vol. XVII, pp. 261–298). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Schattschneider, E. E. (1975). The semi-sovereign people: A realist's view of democracy in America. [Repr.]. Boston, MA: Wadsworth.
  • Schmidt, V. (2008). Discursive institutionalism: The explanatory power of ideas and discourse. Annual Review of Political Science, 11, 303–326.
  • Schuck, P. (1989). Membership in the liberal polity: The devaluation of American citizenship. Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 3(1), pp. 1–18.
  • Segyeilbo. (1998, October 10). President Kim's visit to Japan, remaining issues of Korean-Japanese relations. Segyeilbo, p. 2.
  • Segyeilbo. (1999, September 9). Voting rights for regional elections for foreigners living in Korea longer than five years. Segyeilbo, p. 1.
  • Segyeilbo. (2001, December 14). Voting rights for foreigners living in Korea longer than five years. Segyeilbo, p. 1.
  • Seol, D.-H. (2012). The citizenship of foreign workers in South Korea. Citizenship Studies, 16(1), 119–133.
  • Shin, G. W. (2005). Asianism and Koreas politics of identity. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 6(4), 616–630.
  • Shin, G. W. (2006). Ethnic nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, politics, and legacy. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
  • Shin, G. W., Feda, J., & Yi, G. (1999). The politics of ethnic nationalism in Korea. Nations and Nationalism, 5(4), 465–484.
  • Song, S. W. (2010). Integration and political participation rights of immigrants in Japan. Nation Research, 42, 4–33.
  • So˘ulsinmun. (1999, September 28). Participation rights of foreigners. To what extend allowed? So˘ulsinmun, p. 27.
  • Soysal, Y. N. (2007). Limits of citizenship: Migrants and postnational membership in Europe. [3. Repr.]. University of Chicago.
  • Suh, B. K. (2002). Debate on participation rights of foreigners in Japan. Public Law Research, 30(5), 171–188. (Korean)
  • Sung, N. I. (2012). Constitutional law. Paju: Bobmun Sa. (Korean)
  • Waldrauch, H. (2005). Electoral rights for foreign nationals: A comparative overview. Paper prepared for the ESF/LESC-SCSS Exploratory Workshop: Citizens, non-citizens and voting rights in Europe, University of Edinburgh, 2–5 June.
  • Yanow, D. (2009). Conducting interpretive policy analysis. [Nachdr.]. Qualitative research methods series 47. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Yoo, S. R., & Oh, H. J. (2012). Local political community and resident alien's political rights: Korean and Japanese cases. Hang`ukjo˘ngchìhakhoebo [Korean Association for Political Science Journal], 46(2), 163–185.
  • Yun, M. N. (2003). (The) voting right for permanent alien residents in the constitution (M.A. thesis). Ewha University.

Primary sources

  • Conference Proceedings. (2001). Globalization & Human Rights: The Establishment of Permanent Resident Status, organised by the Lawyers’ Association for Democratisation, small conference room of the NA, March 28.
  • Council for Political Reforms of the NA of Korea. (2005). Report: Proposal for Political Reforms.
  • General Assembly of the Korean NA. (2013). 316th session, meeting no. 9 (June 27).
  • Korea Immigration Service (KIS), Ministry of Justice (MoJ). (2000). 2011 Ch′ ulibguk/oegugin cho˘ngch′aek t′ongyeyo˘nbo [KIS Statistics 2011]. Seoul: KIS. (Korean)
  • Members of the National Assembly of South Korea (2005, 29 August). Resolution for demanding regional political participation rights of South and North Koreans residing in Japan.
  • National Statistics Office (NSO). (2012). Korean social trends 2012. Seoul: NSO. (Korean)
  • Special Committee for Political Reforms of the Korean NA. (2001). 221st session, meeting no. 5 (May 31).
  • Special Committee for Political Reforms of the Korean NA. (2005). 254th session, meeting no. 6 (June 24).
  • Standing Committee for Administration and Self-Government of the Korean NA. (2003). 243th session, meeting no. 13 (December 9).
  • Standing Committee for Legislation and Judiciary of the Korean NA. (2002). 227th session, meeting no. 4 (February 28).
  • Standing Committee for Legislation and Judiciary of the Korean NA. (2005). 254th session, meeting no. 7 (June 29).
  • Special Committee for Political Reforms of the Korean NA. (2004). 250th session, meeting no. 2 (November 24).
  • Sub-Committee for Election Law of the Special Committee for Political Reforms of the Korean NA. (2005). 254th session, meeting no. 4 (June 14).
  • Sub-Committee for Election Law of the Special Committee for Political Reforms of the Korean NA. (2005). 254th session, meeting no. 1 (June 7).
  • Sub-Committee for Election Law of the Special Committee for Political Reforms of the Korean NA. (2005). 254 th session, meeting no. 2 (June 9).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.