Democratic Governance in South Korea: The Perspectives of Ordinary Citizens and Their Elected Representatives The surveys of ordinary citizens and lawmakers reported in this paper were supported, respectively, by grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF SES-9909037) and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. The author gratefully acknowledges that Chan-Wook Park of Seoul National University and Jong Bin Yoon of Myungji University in Seoul, Korea designed and directed the survey of members of the National Assemblys Committee on the Budget and Audit. He also appreciates helpful comments from Chong-Min Park, Conrad P. Rutkowski, and Jack Van Der Slik, and resea