Tag Archives: South Korea
Double Poverty and Precarious Workers in South Korea
“Double Poverty: Class, Employment Type, Gender and Time Poor Precarious Workers in the South Korean Service Economy” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2023. 2176782) is a new research article authored by Taehwan Kim of the Department of Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford in … Continue reading
Skills, Training and Hierarchical Capitalism in South Korea
“Skills and Training in Hierarchical Capitalism: The Rise and Fall of Vocational Training in South Korea” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2023.2168207) is a new article co-authored by Timo Fleckenstein of the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, Soohyun Christine Lee of … Continue reading
2022 South Korean Presidential Election
In a new Commentary for JCA, Faris Al-Fadhat of the Department of International Relations, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Jin-Wook Choi of the Department of Public Administration, Korea University, The Republic of Korea look at the recent presidential election in … Continue reading
Issue 1 for 2023 is published
Volume 53, No. 1 is now available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes the JCA Prize announcement, seven research articles, a review essay, and two book reviews. The research articles are: Capital Accumulation in the “Lucky Country”: Australia … Continue reading
Overwork and deliveries in Korea during COVID
“Death from Overwork in a Time of Pandemic: How Delivery Work Became a Locus of Public Debate in South Korea” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2092885) is a new article for JCA by Yuki Asahina of the Graduate School of International and Area Studies, … Continue reading
Precarious Asia: Capitalism and Work
Precarious Asia: Global Capitalism and Work in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia is a new Stanford University Press book authored by Arne L. Kalleberg, Kevin Hewison and Kwang-Yeong Shin. It is reviewed for JCA by Jenny Chan. The book, Chan … Continue reading
Issue 1 for 2022 published
After quite a delay, Volume 52, No. 1 is out and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes the JCA Prize announcement, six research articles, a commentary and three book reviews. The contents are: The Journal of … Continue reading
Korea’s Global Saemaul Undong
“Exporting the Will to Compete in Korea’s Global Saemaul Undong” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2021.2016227) is a new article by Juliette Schwak of the Division of Communication, History and Politics at Franklin University Switzerland, Sorengo, Switzerland. The abstract states: This article analyses the … Continue reading
Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize, 2022
The editors of the Journal of Contemporary Asia are pleased to announce the annual award for the best article published in 2021. The judging panel awarded the Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize of $1,000, a letter of commendation and a … Continue reading
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