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A Contemporary Portrait of Life in Korea

Researching Recent Social and Political Trends

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Editors:
  1. Jibum Kim

    1. Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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  • The first edited book in English demonstrating and identifying recent social trends in Korea
  • Draws on substantial cross-national and cross-cultural data
  • Presents researching findings drawn from by substantial social scientific data

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This book delves into the values, attitudes, and behaviours of Koreans over the course of the past twenty years. Compiled by leading Korean scholars, the book uses the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), the most comprehensive source of information detailing recent continuity and change in Korea, and addresses a diverse, wide-range of topics such as nationalism, familyism, social inequality, politics, religion, welfare, trust, attitudes towards North Korea, and attitudes towards sex. These issues, in continuously sha** and influencing the lives of Koreans, deserve further examination so as to fully grasp a deeper understanding of Korean contemporary culture. Each chapter covers an overview of background information about the chapter subject and then compares Korean attitudes to those of other countries, drawing on cross-national data derived from sources such as the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and the East Asian Social Survey (EASS). It collates this data and then unpacks it to demonstrate trends and how they are impacted by stability or change. Despite the rapid economic development and democratization in Korea, it remains difficult to pinpoint common denominators regarding recent social trends in Korea, and there are surprisingly few books that present a current, nuanced, and empirically substantiated scholarly depiction of Koreans and their social issues. This book fills this gap in serving as an indispensable reference for students and scholars interested in the diverse issues in Korean society.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Democracy and National Identity in South Korea After 1987

    • Jaesok Son
    Pages 1-24

  3. Living Together with Unease—Koreans’ Perception of and Attitudes Toward Immigrants

    • Seokho Kim, So Hyun Park
    Pages 25-50

  4. Religious Landscape in Korea

    • Jibum Kim, Sori Kim
    Pages 51-73

  5. Trends in Gender Role Attitudes in South Korea

    • Soo-Yeon Yoon
    Pages 75-92

  6. Familism in South Korea, 2006–2016

    • Phil-Suk Kim, Yun-Suk Lee
    Pages 93-108

  7. Family-Related Values in South Korea: Temporal Changes and Cross-National Differences

    • Bongoh Kye
    Pages 109-138

  8. Stratification and Economic Inequality in South Korea

    • ChangHwan Kim
    Pages 139-165

  9. Embedded Economy and Work: Expectations and Fulfillments Before and After 1997

    • Jae-Mahn Shim, Hei** Oh
    Pages 167-192

  10. Interpersonal Trust and Its Associations with Respondents’ Community Characteristics

    • Jeong-han Kang, Eehyun Kim
    Pages 193-210

  11. Changing Perceptions of Societal Trust Among Koreans: Relative Deprivation, Downward Mobility, and Sociotropic Concern

    • Harris Hyun-Soo Kim
    Pages 211-238

  12. Social Welfare Attitudes

    • Dong-Kyun Im
    Pages 239-268

  13. South Koreans’ Attitudes Toward North Korea and Reunification, 2003–2018

    • Shang E. Ha
    Pages 269-298

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 299-306
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Jibum Kim

About the editor

Jibum Kim is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University. He leads the Survey Research Center and is the principal investigator for the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS). Currently, he serves as the president of the World Association for Public Opinion Research Asia Pacific. In the past, he held the position of Chief Editor for two prestigious Korean academic journals, namely the Korean Journal of Sociology and the Korea Journal of Population Studies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Contemporary Portrait of Life in Korea

  • Book Subtitle: Researching Recent Social and Political Trends

  • Editors: Jibum Kim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5829-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5828-3Published: 21 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5831-3Due: 21 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-5829-0Published: 20 October 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 306

  • Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Political Science, Education, general, Social Policy

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