A caring welfare state in South Korea: challenges and prospects
- Authors
- Kim, Hee-Kang
- Issue Date
- 8월-2018
- Publisher
- POLICY PRESS
- Keywords
- care ethics; Korean welfare state; Confucianism; developmentalism
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARE AND CARING, v.2, no.3, pp.333 - 348
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARE AND CARING
- Volume
- 2
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 333
- End Page
- 348
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/74277
- DOI
- 10.1332/239788218X15347573010033
- ISSN
- 2397-8821
- Abstract
- The purpose of this article is to examine the implications of care ethics in a Korean welfare state. It shows how Confucianism, developmentalism and neoliberalism can both promote and restrict the establishment of a Korean caring welfare state. Despite the fact that these Korean contexts can either support or undercut the development of a caring welfare state, it is clear that none of these contexts places particular importance on the value of care and care relationships. In the Confucian and neoliberal contexts, care is a family or private issue, while developmentalism fails to appreciate care due to its prioritisation of economic development.
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