카르텔 정당체제의 형성과 발전: 민주화 이후 한국의 경우

Abstract

There have been tremendous continuities from the authoritarian era in Korean party system. Legacy parties from the authoritarian regime have dominated the party system even after the emocratization in 1987 in terms of party organization, electoral campaigning and party leadership. This paper aspires to revisit two existing explanations for the rise of cartel party system and to provide an alternative approach. The structural perspective has emphasized the impact of the mode of democratic transition, in particular, the conservative transition resulting from compromise between the authoritarian regime bloc and democratizing force. In contrast, institutionalism perspective has focused on the role of majoritarian electoral system, disproportionate state subsidies to large parties and the like. Combining the two perspectives, we argue that historical institutionalism provides a compelling explanation taking into account the motivation and strategies of relevant actors in setting up institutional arrangement.