Experience of Democracy and Bureaucracy in South Korea

Tobin Im is a Professor of Public Administration at Seoul National University and Director of the Centre for Government Competitiveness, South Korea. Tobin was awarded a Ph.D. in Organizational Sociology from L’Institute d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, he has written numerous articles in world class academic journals and has published many books in Korea, France, Holland, Russia and India. His research and teaching areas of interest include Organizational Theory, Performance Management, and Comparative Administration.

• Introduction: Bureaucracy and Korean DevelopmentRevisiting Bureaucratic Dysfunction: The Role of Bureaucracy in Democratization; Tobin Im  Electoral Democracy and the Role of the Electoral Management Body in South Korea; Seon-Gyu Go Rediscovering Korea’s Local Bureaucracy: The Unsung Players in the Nation’s Democratization Process; Shi-Chul Lee Bureaucracy, Regulatory Management, and Korean Democracy; Hyukwoo Lee  Change and Continuity in Police Organizations: Institution, Legitimacy, and Democratization; WonHyuk Cho Supreme Audit Institution Bureaucracy and Democracy: Korean SAI (BAI)’s Functions for Democratization; Nanyoung Kim Public Procurement Policy in South Korea: Approaches to Sustainable Development and Anti-corruption; Jesse W. Campbell  The Olympics, Soft Power, and Democratization: The Role of Bureaucracy; Kwnag-Hoon Lee  The Ceiling Strategy as Policy: Limiting Bureaucratic Expansion and Democratization; Hyemin Choi and Jisu Jeong

Korean scholars of public administration and civic education seek definitions and examples of good public administration. Among their topics are revisiting bureaucratic dysfunction: the role of bureaucracy in democratization, rediscovering Korea's local bureaucracy: the unsung players in the nation's democratization process, the supreme audit institution and democracy: the function of the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea for democratization, public procurement policy in South Korea: approaches to sustainable development and anti-corruption, and the ceiling strategy as policy: limited bureaucratic expansion and democratization.