Welfare State in Korea

HUCK-JU KWON is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration in Sungkyun kwan University, Seoul, Korea. He was previously a Research Officer at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex (1995-96). He co-edited with G.White and R.Goodman a book entitled, Welfare Orientalism (in 1997 published by Routledge). His article, `Beyond European Welfare Regimes' was published in the Journal of Social Policy (October 1997). He was awarded a D.Phil. degree in politics at St. Antony's College, Oxford University in 1995.

• List of Tables and Figures Preface Introduction Social Policy in a Confined Institutional Terrain The Making of Social Policy The Structure of Social Policy The Outcomes of Social Policy: An Appraisal From Two Perspectives Conclusion Appendixes Bibliography Index