La démocratie sud-coréenne à l’épreuve de la trentaine

francaisL’analyse de la democratie sud-coreenne que livre cet article reconstitue sa trajectoire de 1987 a 2017, soit du changement de regime ayant conduit a la naissance de la VIe Republique a la destitution presidentielle ayant abouti a l’election de Moon Jae-in. Trois dimensions du systeme politique tel qu’il s’est deploye au cours des trente dernieres annees y sont abordees : les fondements de l’ordre constitutionnel, les clivages de l’espace partisan et le legs de l’Etat developpementaliste. EnglishThe article offers an analysis of South Korean democracy by following its trajectory from 1987 to 2017, i.e. from the change of regime leading to the establishment of the Sixth Republic to the destitution of the president leading to the election of Moon Jae-in. It discusses three dimensions of the political system as it has emerged during the last thirty years: the foundations of the constitutional order, the partisan divide and the legacy of the developmental role of the state.