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A comparative economic geography of Cambodia and the Lao PDR in the GMS Dr. Edo Andriesse, Assistant Professor Department of Geography, College of Social Sciences Seoul National University, Republic of Korea edoandriesse@snu.ac.kr Abstract In the last two decades both Cambodia and Laos have tried to reap the benefits from exposure to economic globalisation. Cambodia now […]

<연구진> 책임연구자 : 임현진(서울대학교 아시아 연구소 소장/사회학과 교수/ 사회적 기업 활성화 전국 네트워크 공동대표) -공동연구자 : 공석기(서울대학교 아시아 연구소 연구교수) -보조연구자 : 황현일(서울대학교 사회학과 박사과정) -보조연구자 : 문명선(서울대학교 사회학과 석사과정)   <요약문> ? 오늘날 한국 사회에서는 세계경제 위기 국면을 극복하고자 사회적 목적과 기업적 방식이 혼합된 일종의 대안 경제모델로서 사회적기업이 주목받고 있음. 선진국의 사회적기업 모델을 한국에 […]

NEO-LIBERAL GLOBALISATION, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION: AN ASIAN-PACIFIC PERSPECTIVE Stephen Castles Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney Rm 243c, Transient Building, F12 NSW 2006 Australia stephen.castles@sydney.edu.au ABSTRACT International migration presents important challenges for new immigration countries like South Korea. This paper examines how international migration is linked to broader processes of […]

통일비용에 대한 오해와 이해 – 통일편익, 통일비용, 그리고 통일혜택 – 임현진 서울대학교 사회과학대학 hclim@snu.ac.kr 정영철 서강대학교 공공정책대학원 chungyc69@sogang.ac.kr 1. 서론 – ‘발상의 전환’을 위하여 지난해는 독일이 통일된 지 20년이 되는 해였다. 냉전의 상징인 베를린 장벽이 무너지고, 동서독 주민들이 통일을 기뻐하는 모습은 분명 우리에게 부러움으로 다가왔다. 동?서독의 통일은 냉전의 최후 분단국으로서 우리에게는 부러움이자 동시에 심각한 교훈을 […]

Taxation and Saving as a Welfare-Finance Nexus in Japan Dokyun Kim Ph.D Candidate, Department of Sociology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea e-mail: edwart1@snu.ac.kr Paper contributed at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) “Power and Politics” (18th -21st November 2010, University of Chicago, United States) 1. Introduction: Small government and big […]

The Dichotomy Unspooled: Outlining the Cultural Geography of Seoul Shin-Kap Han Department of Sociology Seoul National University Sang-Hyun Chi Department of Geography University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign October 31, 2010 Abstract The binary contrast of \Kangnam vs. Kangbuk”|which denote the areas of Seoul to the south and north of the Han River, respectively|is a popular […]

Labor Politics of Suicide in Korea: The Changing Power Balance between Workers and Employers Suk-Man Hwang Department of Sociology Changwon National University Changwon, 641-773 South Korea unified@changwon.ac.kr ABSTRACT This paper deals with a series of Korean workers’ suicides in 2003. Suicides by Korean workers have not been rare and often been considered a weapon of […]

Global Justice Movements in the Neoliberal Era: The Korean Engagement in the Global Justice Movements Suk-Ki Kong Asia Center Seoul National University Seoul, 151-742 South Korea sukki.kong@gmail.com Hyun-Chin Lim Department of Sociology Seoul National University Seoul, 151-742 South Korea hclim@snu.ac.kr ABSTRACT This paper intends to explain why and how the Global Justice Movement (GJM) has […]