North Korean women defectors in South Korea and their political participation |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Political Science at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan;2. Department of Politics and International Relations, Lahore Leads University, Lahore, Pakistan |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the political participation intentions of North Korean women refugees. Previous literature tends to highlight the sufferings and difficulties that female refugees experience as they leave their homelands and settle in a new country. Few studies have been directed toward the political dimension of refugee life. The empirical results show that North Korean women defectors hold generally participatory attitudes toward politics and mostly liberal opinions on policy issues. Furthermore, among the socio-demographic variables, age and marital status are generally influential in the intention of political participation among the North Korean women defectors. Among the political attitudinal variables, attitude toward environmental policy consistently affects political participation intention. With respect to defector-specific variables, satisfaction with life in South Korea is influential, whereas cultural adaptation is not. |
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| Keywords: | North Korean women refugees Political participation North Korean defectors Female refugees Participatory attitudes |
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