Political Economy of the Small Welfare State in South Korea

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical reinterpretation of the small welfare state in South Korea; 3. The emergence of the small welfare state under the authoritarian developmental state (1961-1987); 4. Democratization and limited welfare state development under the conservative rule (1987-1997); 5. Economic crisis, power shift, and welfare politics under the Kim Dae Jung government (1997-2002); 6. Economic Unionism and the limits of the Korean welfare state under the Roh Moo Hyun government (2003-2007); 7. Wind of welfare and tax politics under the returned conservative rule; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Jae-Jin Yang is Professor of Public Administration at Yonsei University, Seoul. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University, New Jersey in 2000. He is interested in the underdeveloped welfare states in East Asia, Anglo-Saxon countries, and Southern Europe. His publications have appeared in Comparative Politics, the Journal of European Social Policy, Policy and Politics, Asian Survey, and the Journal of East Asian Studies. He is the author and editor of several books, including Retirement, Work and Pensions in Ageing Korea (2010). He won the Best Article of the Year Award from the Korean Political Science Association in 2013 and has received the Faculty Research Excellence Award four times from Yonsei University.

Summary

This book explains why the Korean welfare state is underdeveloped despite successful industrialization, democratization, a militant labor movement, and a centralized meritocracy. Unlike most social science books on Korea, which tend to focus on its developmental state and past years' rapid economic development, this book deals with social welfare issues and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Jae-jin Yang, Jae-Jin (Yonsei University South Korea) Yang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108402484
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40248-4
• No. of pages: 267
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Korea, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, East Asia, Far East, Constitution: government & the state, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Constitution: government and the state