1st Edition

State-centric to Contested Social Governance in Korea Shifting Power

By Hyuk-Rae Kim Copyright 2013
224 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation from their Western counterparts, and the role civil society NGOs have played in consolidating democracy as the governance system in Korea changes from a state-centric to a contested one. This book presents civil society's rise in Korea through... Read more

1. Introduction 2. NGOs and INGOs: Global Trends and the South Korean Case 3. Civil Society in the Making 4. Civil Society in Search of Political Reform 5. NGOs as Policy Entrepreneurs in Pursuit of the Public Good 6. NGOs and the Governance of Migration 7. Transnational Networks of NGOs for North Korean Refugees and Human Rights 8. NGOs and Environmental Governance

Biography

Hyuk-Rae Kim is Professor of Korean Studies in the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University, Korea.

"This is a well-written book with well-structured chapters and well-supported examples and logic... Anyone interested in civil society, Korean politics or even the issues of migrants or the question of North Korean refugees would find this book very helpful."

Changzoo Song, University of Auckland, Asian Studies Review