Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how the individual perceptions on income inequality and the inequality of opportunities affect two different modes of political participation, institutional and non-institutional, in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyzes the Korean General Social Survey 2009 and 2014 and estimates logit and OLS models. Findings The authors find that neither the perceived inequality of income distribution nor the perceived inequality of opportunities affects the likelihood of individuals’ vote participation. The authors, however, find that the perceptions of inequality, both in terms of outcomes and opportunities affect citizens’ engagement in non-institutional forms of political participation. Originality/value This study provides a new discussion point about the political consequences of inequality in Korea. This paper distinguishes and analyzes the relative importance of perceived inequality of the outcomes and opportunities in democratic engagements. By considering various types of participation, institutional and non-institutional, this study contributes to deepen our understanding of the factors that drive citizens’ democratic political engagements.

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韩国的不平等感和政治参与方式

目的本文的目的是探讨个人对收入不平等和机会不平等的看法是否以及如何影响韩国的两种不同的政治参与模式：制度性和非制度性。设计/方法/方法本文分析了2009年和2014年韩国综合社会调查，并估计了logit和OLS模型。结论作者发现，收入分配的不平等感和机会的不平等感都不会影响个人参与投票的可能性。然而，作者发现，无论是在结果还是机会上，对不平等的看法都会影响公民参与非制度形式的政治参与。原创性/价值这项研究为韩国不平等的政治后果提供了新的讨论点。本文区分并分析了民主交往中结果和机会不平等的相对重要性。通过考虑各种类型的参与，包括机构和非机构参与，本研究有助于加深我们对推动公民民主政治参与的因素的理解。