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An analysis of rights-based activism in South Korea, including case studies of women, workers, disabled persons, migrants, and sexual minorities.
List of contents
Introduction: rights in action Patricia Goedde and Celeste L. Arrington; Part I. Rights in Historical Perspective: 1. Legal disputes, women's legal voice, and petitioning rights in late Joseon Korea Jisoo M. Kim; 2. Defying claims of legal incompetence: women's lawsuits over separate property rights in colonial Korea Sungyun Lim; 3. 'Equal' second-class citizens: post-colonial democracy and women's rights in post-liberation South Korea Eunkyung Kim; Part II. Institutional Mechanisms for Rights Claiming: 4. A clash of claims: the diversity and effectiveness of rights claims around the Jeju 4.3 events Hun Joon Kim; 5. Advancing human rights, advancing a nation: becoming a Seonjinguk via the national human rights commission of Korea Soo-Young Hwang; 6. The constitutional court as a facilitator of fundamental rights claiming in Korea, 1988-2018 Hannes B. Mosler; 7. Rights claiming through the courts: changing legal opportunity structures in South Korea Celeste L. Arrington; 8. Public interest lawyering in South Korea: trends in institutional development Patricia Goedde; Part III. Mobilizing Rights for the marginalized: 9. From 'we are not machines, we are humans' to 'we are workers, we want to work': the changing notion of labour rights in Korea, the 1980s-the 2000s Yoonkyung Lee; 10. From invisible beneficiaries to independent rights-holders: how the disability rights movement changed the law and Korean society JaeWon Kim; 11. The politics of postponement and sexual minority rights in South Korea Ju Hui Judy Han; 12. Discovering diversity: the anti-discrimination legislation movement in South Korea Jihye Kim and Sung Soo Hong; Part IV. Shaping Rights for New and Non-citizens: 13. The rights of non-citizenship: migrant rights and hierarchies in South Korea Erin Aeran Chung; 14. Claiming citizenship: rights claiming and recognition for North Koreans entering South Korea Sheena Chestnut Greitens; Conclusion: findings and future directions Celeste L. Arrington and Patricia Goedde; Index.
About the author
Celeste L. Arrington is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University. She is the author of Accidental Activists: Victim Movements and Government Accountability in Japan and South Korea (Cornell, 2016) and articles in Comparative Political Studies, Law & Society Review, Journal of East Asian Studies and elsewhere.Patricia Goedde is Professor at Sungkyunkwan University School of Law in South Korea, and a member of the Washington State Bar Association. She serves on the board of directors for the Korea Human Rights Foundation and is also a core faculty member of the SSK Human Rights Forum in Seoul.
Summary
How do people claim rights in South Korea? This collection analyzes how rights are interpreted and acted upon via petitions, court claims, protest, media coverage, and counter-mobilization. It covers women, people with disabilities, workers, migrants, and sexual minorities, and the processes they navigate to protect and develop their rights.
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'In this insightful new volume, Celeste Arrington and Patricia Goedde lead a cross-disciplinary team of scholars to unpack how rights have been defined, mobilized, and contested by diverse groups in Korea from the nineteenth century to present. Rights Claiming in South Korea truly represents the best of interdisciplinary research and comes at a moment when the demand for rights on the streets and in the courts have never been greater.' Andrew Yeo, Professor of Politics and Director of Asian Studies, The Catholic University of America
