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Neoliberal politics in South Korea and the Democratic Labour Party’s counter-campaign by Yoon, Hoppi

“…his article reviews the South Korean Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) anti-neoliberal campaigns of the 2000s.While the centrist government implemented abortive economic reform and pro-capitalist labour policies, the DLP had a great window of opportunity to replace the centrist tendency with a moderate socialist program.Contrary to expectations, the DLP’s counter neoliberalism campaigns were unsuccessful as the party’s campaigns went through within an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist struggle which resembled the radical Latin American leftist parties in the 1970s.Due mainly to this radical strategy, the DLP was unable to create a broad coalition with civil movements and the centre-left tendency.The DLP’s radical anti-neoliberalism campaign was unsuited to the Korean constituency and the party was defeated in a series of presidential elections.…”
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Incumbency advantage of UK members of Parliament 1959 -2010 by Smith, Timothy Edward Hallam

“…It has been widely agreed since the 1970s that MPs benefit from a small but significant personal vote, such that when they retire, their party receives a penalty in their constituency as a newcomer fights the seat. …”
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Creating a rainbow: ideas and coalition building on the American left, c. 1973-1988 by Riggs, Alex

“…Contrary to narratives of the American left as retreating in response to the rise of Reaganism and neoliberalism, this thesis instead shows that by making use of ideas like participation, redistribution, and equality, common agendas could be formed between constituencies of the ‘old’ left of the working class and labour movement and ‘new’ left constituencies of feminists, civil rights activists, and LGBT rights activists, amongst others. …”
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