[Citizen College Season 4] #3 Elections and Conflict: Region, Class, Generation, and Ideology

On October 22, 2020, the third lecture of Citizen College Season 4 < Citizen and Participation: How do citizens become owner of politics? > , co-hosted by the Seongbuk-gu Office and the Peace and Democracy Institute, was conducted using ZOOM. The third lecture was given by Professor Nae-Young Lee of department of Political Science and International Relations of Korea University.

The lecture titled “Elections and Conflict: Regional, Class, Generation, and Ideology” looked at various social conflicts in Korean society and looked at the impact of conflict on democracy and elections. Conflicts within a democratic society are socialized through political parties and have influenced voters and political party’s behavior in the election process. Through this process which reflects and resolves conflicts in politics, we can see that democracy moves toward a more mature democracy by increasing representation and responsiveness. Looking at the impact of social conflicts on democracy and elections, Professor Lee stressed the need to resolve conflicts, concerned about the polarized political aspects in current Korean society.