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The South Korean story is the greatest development story ever told.
There are two mysteries: How could a destroyed country in next to no time become a sophisticated and affluent capitalist economy? And how could a ruthlessly authoritarian regime metamorphose with relative ease into a stable democratic polity? Korean development has, as is well known, been state-lead. But just what kind of leadership did the Korean state provide? An answer is proposed in a case of social policy analysis as state analysis.
Stein Ringen is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Oxford and guest at the WZB. In his research he focuses on issues of ‚good government‘: how can democratic governments be effective, given the many constraints they have to cope with? Together with Huck-ju Kwon, Ilcheong Yi, Taekyoon Kim and Jooha Lee Stein Ringen just published: The Korean State and Social Policy, Oxford University Press 2011.
Wolfgang Merkel is director of the WZB research unit Democracy: Structures, Performance, Challenges, which hosts Stein Ringen during the spring of 2011.
Information on participating / attending:
The WZB provides child care during the lecture. If you are interested, please respond by April 29, 2010 to Marie Unger, e-mail: marie.unger@wzb.eu.
Date:
05/11/2011 17:30 - 05/11/2011 20:00
Registration deadline:
05/09/2011
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Raum A 300
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Law, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
04/19/2011
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Informations- und Kommunikationsreferat
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event35022
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