TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moon,Chung-in
AU  - Moon,M.Jae
TI  - Routledge Handbook of Korean Politics and Public Administration
SN  - 9781317337317
AV  - JQ1725 .R688 2020 
U1  - 320.95195 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Korea (South)-Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Turbulent domestic political changes -- Shifting international politics and national security and foreign policy -- Shifting from developmental administration to post developmental administration in South Korea -- Shifting policy focus from economic growth to quality of life and social development -- Structure of the book -- References -- PART I: Korean politics -- 2. Political institutions in Korea -- Introduction -- Politics of constitutional change: a historical overview -- The President and the Executive branch -- Legislative branch and check and balance -- The Judiciary branch -- Presidential system in South Korea -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- 3. Political culture and behavior -- Introduction -- Culture in politics: a theoretical overview -- Debate about political culture and Asian values -- Traditional political culture: contending perspectives on Confucianism in South Korea -- Political culture in transformation: democratization in 1987 and the 1997 Asian financial crisis -- Demographic changes and the cohort effect: new dimensions of political culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Political process: elections, interest group politics, and mass media -- Introduction -- Electoral system and process -- Interest group politics -- Mass media -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. Political parties -- Introduction -- Historical origins of political parties in Korea -- Political parties under military dictatorships -- The 1987 democratization and political parties -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6. Political leadership -- Introduction -- Political leadership in South Korea: personal traits and leadership style; Personal traits of political leaders in South Korea: a comparative overview -- Political leadership style in South Korea: four types -- Assessing leadership performance: successes and failures -- Conclusion and implications -- References -- 7. Political polarization: regionalism, ideology, and generational changes -- Introduction -- Political conflict and political conflict structure -- Political conflict structures in South Korea: an overview of historical changes -- Recent changes in the structure of political conflict in South Korea -- Implications and future prospect -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Korean foreign policies and national security -- 8. Korean foreign policy: a historical overview -- Introduction -- Korea's foreign policy in modern historical context (1876-1945) -- Evolution of foreign policy in the post-world war II era -- Critical issues of South Korea's foreign policy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9. Korean foreign and national security policy: actors, structure, and process -- Introduction -- Environmental changes and the dilemma of South Korea's foreign policy -- Foreign and national security policy goals -- Foreign policy making: advent of multiple actors -- Multilayered structure and policy coordination procedure -- Conclusion -- References -- 10. National defense -- Introduction -- Evolution of ROK defense policy: a historical overview -- Reflections on Defense Policy of the Past: The Mismatch of Alliance-dependent and Self-reliant Defense Policies -- Defense policy under the Moon Jae-in government: goals, actors, structure, and process -- Critical issues in contemporary ROK defense policy -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. Korean Unification Policy -- Introduction -- Debates on Korean unification: concepts and contending models -- The evolution of South Korea's unification policy: a critical overview; The Moon Jae-in government and the "peace-first" approach -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 12. National intelligence -- Introduction -- Historical origin and development of the intelligence system -- The intelligence community in South Korea: structure andfunction -- "Good, bad, and ugly:" assessing intelligence and security performance -- Conclusion: current political debates and tasks of intelligence reform -- Notes -- References -- 13. Managing North Korea -- Introduction -- North Korea's nuclearization and underlying motives: the politics of father-to-son succession -- Carrots: engagement through multilateral approach and economic cooperation -- Sticks: sanctions and military pressures -- Breakthrough? inter-Korean and U.S.-North Korean summits in 2018 -- Conclusion -- References -- 14. Managing big powers -- Introduction -- Shrimp among whales: great powers and the Korean Peninsula in historical context -- Managing big powers since the Cold War -- Managing Moscow and Pyongyang -- Managing the US and China -- Managing Japan -- Challenges ahead -- "Non-action" between US and China -- Inter-Korean initiative -- Popular mandate -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 15. ROK and the middle power diplomacy -- Introduction -- Middle power: concepts and theories -- South Korea as a middle power: backgrounds for middle power activism -- South Korea's middle power diplomacy in action -- Challenges and opportunities ahead -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART III: Korean public administration and governance -- 16. Korean civil service systems from recruitment to retirement -- Introduction -- Overview of Korean civil service -- Critical issues in the Korean civil service system -- Civil service reforms -- Ongoing issues in Korean civil service -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 17. Public service motivation in Korea -- Introduction; Background: naissance of public service motivation theory -- Critical issues in public service motivation in Korea -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 18. Performance management in Korea -- Introduction -- Performance management: an overview -- Performance management in the central government of Korea -- Achievements, limitations, and next steps -- References -- 19. Citizen participation in Korea -- Introduction -- Mainstreams of participation -- Types and mechanisms of participation -- Challenges and dilemmas -- Discussion and conclusion -- References -- 20. E-government and digital governance -- Introduction -- A brief review of e-government evolution in Korea -- Facilitators and challenges of e-government evolution in Korea -- The adoption of PMIS and e-government -- E-government use by citizens -- E-government effects in Korea -- The future of e-government in Korea -- Conclusion -- References -- 21. Korean public finance -- Introduction -- Background -- Critical issues -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 22. Public trust and transparency in Korea -- Introduction -- Background: corruption and government trust in Korea -- Critical issues in corruption and government trust -- Key issues from micro analysis: citizen surveys -- Conclusions: implications and future research -- Notes -- References -- 23. Public corporations and quasi-government agencies in Korea -- Introduction -- Background of Korean quangos -- The politics of organizational change -- Political patronage in the appointment of quango executives -- Performance of quangos -- Public sector debt as an invisible purse -- Notes -- References -- PART IV: Korean public policies -- 24. Korean economic policies -- Introduction -- Background -- Economic policies and Chaebol reform since the 1997 Asian financial crisis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References; 25. Korean social welfare policies -- Introduction -- Current status of the welfare state in South Korea -- Evolution of the social security system in South Korea -- Critical issues of social welfare in Korea -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 26. Korean environmental policies -- Introduction -- Korea's environmental policy in history -- Critical issues of environmental policies in South Korea -- Conclusion -- References -- 27. Korean information and communication technology policies -- Status of the ICT industry in Korea -- ICT policy in Korea -- Overall assessment -- Critical issues with the ICT industry in Korea -- Conclusion -- References -- 28. Korean science and technology policies -- Introduction -- Background knowledge on Korean S&amp -- T policies -- Development of Korean S&amp -- T policies -- Changes in governance structures -- Critical issues of Korean S&amp -- T policies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 29. Korean health policies -- Introduction -- Overview of health care systems in korea -- Health care financing and insurance -- Public health governance -- Conclusion: did the health policy system in Korea work well during the MERS crisis in 2015? -- Communication failure between governments -- Suboptimal policymaking structures and process -- Misallocation of critical facilities -- Notes -- References -- Index
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