In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and
NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation from their Western counterparts …

WWF Japan has 40,000 members. In Japan, paying a membership fee, let alone joining an
environmental NGO/NPO is very unusual. Limited membership of environmental NGO/NPOs …

The developmental state has since the 1980s been considered one of the most important
forces that have facilitated the economic development of some East and Southeast Asian …

As Korea moves from a state-dominated to a civilian-driven society, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) have emerged as an institutional hybrid that undertakes public …

Although the voluntary sector is internationally valued as an integral component of the
welfare mix, studies on East Asian welfare regimes have primarily focused on state-market …

KOREA OBSERVER, Vol. 40, No. 2, Summer 2009, pp. 273-300.© 2009 by THE INSTITUTE
OF KOREAN STUDIES. practices of societies in South Korea. In this change, the migration of …

This research investigates the dynamics of the on-going conflict in the state–civil society
partnership in South Korea. In recent decades, partnership has become a central strategy for …

This paper attempts the identification of the key methodological concerns and tasks required
in the definition of Asian values in the social science literature, and discusses the utility and …

Írásunkban a Koreai Köztársaság társadalmi mozgalmait mutatjuk be. A koreai társadalmi
mozgalmak jelentősen hozzájárultak az ország 1987-ben történt demokratikus …