포퓰리즘적 현상의 한일비교: 노무현 대통령과 고이즈미 수상의 지지형태 비교

Abstract

There have been many populism arguments on the Winning of President ROH, Moo-Hyun in the 16th Korea president election and the political supporting to Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi. This paper made a comparative analysis of them relying on the concepts of explaining new populism in a post-industrial society. Some common facts established from the outcomes of this analysis are as follows . In the first place, ROH and Koizmi have a tendency to disregard established institutions and procedures in carrying out reforms. In the second place, the supporting groups to them have dissatisfaction or sense of resistance against politicians and political parties representing vested interests. The supporting for ROH mainly sprang from the 20~30 age bracket having an antagonistic relationship with the elderly in policy positions and political ideologies, and Honam region. But the supporting for Koizumi is ascribed to Japanese having dissatisfaction or sense of resistance against the Liberal Democratic Party in power, which has not been coped properly with the problems originated from the changes of society structure and the voters' demands. By the way, this analysis shows that in the back of populistic supporting phenomena in the two countries, normal political decision process or policy decision process does not function properly. In result, Voters of the two countries show a marked trend toward relying considerably on an exceptional or populistic political elite.