Pathways from International Society to National Legislature: Introduction and Co-Sponsorship of the Anti-Landmine Norm in the Korean National Assembly

Abstract

This paper identifies the two paths where the Ottawa Treaty to prohibit the use of antipersonnel

landmines has been introduced into the National Assembly of the Republic of

Korea: constituency politics and progressive transnational advocacy. National Assemblymen

who have minefield fields in their districts have been active in promoting the norm to clear

landmines; those who have been involved in progressive transnational advocacy networks

actively participate in the law-making process to provide assistances to landmine victims and

clear anti-personnel landmines. In addition, this paper shows that National Assemblymens

ideological position has stronger impacts than their partisan identification in the cosponsorship

of the two bills related with anti-personnel landmine issues at the National

Assembly in South Korea.