The Evolution of Korean Foreign Labor Policies in the Global Context: Toward the Politics of Societal (In)Security?
- Authors
- Lee, Yong Wook
- Issue Date
- 2009
- Publisher
- INST KOREAN STUDIES
- Keywords
- Foreign Labor; Human Rights; Economic Interests; Societal (In)Security; Nationalism; Culture; Identity
- Citation
- KOREA OBSERVER, v.40, no.2, pp.301 - 336
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- KOREA OBSERVER
- Volume
- 40
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 301
- End Page
- 336
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/122078
- ISSN
- 0023-3919
- Abstract
- This article attempts to explore the evolution of Korean foreign labor policies over the last 20 years through the interplay of three national goals: economic interest, human rights concern, and national/cultural identity preservation. Placing the Korean experience in a comparative framework with particular attention to the issue of national/cultural identity preservation, this article asks two interrelated questions: (1) Did/does the politics of societal (in)security exist in Korea? (2) If so, what have the Korean government's responses to this challenge been? Were/are they similar to or different from those of advanced states? Reflective of the so-called "convergence" hypothesis observed by Cornelius and Tsuda, the second question particularly aims at explicating the Korean government's macro and/or micro immigration policies related to societal (in)security from a comparative perspective. This article introduces specific, testable hypotheses (regarding governmental policies toward societal (in)security) and demonstrates that, although the politics of societal (in)security is relatively nascent and emerging, a significant degree of congruence is observed between the Korean government's policies and those of advanced states.
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