2011 APSA/AKPS PROGRAM 

2011 AKPS/ISA PROGRAM

Panel 1: Challenges to South Korea’s Political and Economic Development
March 19, 2011, Saturday 8:15 AM

Participants
Chae, Haesook (Chair)
Nam, Taehyun (Discussant)
Lee, Yoonkyung (Discussant)

Papers
Kim, Hee Min and Choi, Jun Young: “The Curse of Rapid Modernization/Development? A Test of Negative Voting Hypothesis Based on a Korean Presidential Election”

Shin, Hae Hyun and Im, Hyug Baeg: “The Korean Dual Labor Market and Flexibilization: A Production Regime Theory Perspective”

You, Jong-Sung: “Democratization and Control of Corruption: Korea and the Philippines Compared”

Jang, Dong-Jin and Choi, Wonjae: “Muslims in Korea: How to Include?”

Jung, Changkuk: “Sources of Presidential Survival in South Korea”

The panel looks at the challenges South Korea has experienced in its process of political and economic development.

Panel 2: Memory Project: Historical Justice and Reconciliation in East Asia
March 19, 2011, Saturday 4:00

Participants
Bong, Youngshik (Chair)
Kim, Mikyoung (Discussant)

Papers

Bong, Youngshik: “Remote Islands, Divided Memories: 60 Years after the San Francisco Treaty”

Kim, Mikyoung: “The Middlemen Genre: An Analysis of Northerner Settlers’ Narratives in South Korea”

Seo, Jeongmin: “Trauma, Memory and Civil Society: Remembering Tragedies in East Asia”

Lee, Yong Wook: “Historical Memory and Non-Hegemonic Cooperation in East Asian Financial Regionalism”

Ku, Yangmo: “History Textbook Controversies between Japan and South Korea: The Realist Approach versus the Transnational Coalitional Approach”

The panel explores the power and influence of historical memory in East Asia.

Panel 3: South Korea’s Interaction with Its Neighbors
March 19, 2011, Saturday 4:00

Participants
Park, Kyung-Ae (Chair)
Strand, Jonathan (Discussant)

Papers

Kyung-Ae Park: Socioeconomic Security of Women in North Korea

Strand, Jonathan: South Korea as a Nascent Foreign Aid Donor

Ra, Jong-O: Economic Crisis and Democratic Consolidation

Rich, Timothy: Representing the Hermit Kingdom: Content Analysis of News Coverage of Key Events by North Korea

Kim, Jih-Un: Is China a Conservative Power to South Korea? Sino-South Korea Relations in International Relations Theoretical Frameworks

Clemens, Jr., Walter: Can There Be Two (or More) Sides to the Thorniest Issues? Analysis of the 2010 Confrontation

The panel looks at South Korea's political, economic, and cultural interactions with its neighbors.