Long-term Trends of the Extractive and Redistributive State Capacity in South Korea, 1960-2020

Colloquium in April 2020 Shin, Jin-Wook (Professor, Department of Sociology at Chung-Ang University) Recently the extractive and redistributive state capacity has been given greater attention as expected to alleviate class inequalities, which become critical problems in many industrialized societies. This study analyzes how the extractive and redistributive state capacity in Read more…

Now are Korean women happier than in the past?

Kim, Ee Sun and Keong Suk Park. 2019. “Life Course of Korean Women: Conflictual Gender Differentiation and Enforced Classification.” ECONOMY AND SOCIETY 122: 138-170. Korean women’s aspirations and practices for gender equality have been increasingly prevalent. However, the foundation of life is growing fragmented according to economic stratification, and family Read more…

‘Dys-like-phoria’

Kim, Soo-ah and Sae-Eun Kim. 2016. “‘Dys-like-phoria’: Representation and Re-characterisation of ‘Misogyny’ through Facebook.” Media, Gender & Culture 31(2): 5-44. Contemporary Korean society has witnessed the rise and prevalence of Facebook pages that set forth their core identity as ‘misogyny’. Within this societal context, this study analyses the contents and Read more…