The socialisation of childcare and a missed opportunity through gender politics: the case of South Korea
Conference keynote
Lee, S. 2017. The socialisation of childcare and a missed opportunity through gender politics: the case of South Korea. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxx001
| Authors | Lee, S. |
|---|---|
| Type | Conference keynote |
| Abstract | The paper aims to investigate how the policy proposal to socialize childcare in South Korea was discarded by the Ministry of Gender Equality (MGE) under the Roh Moo-hyun government (2003–2007). Building on in-depth interviews and policy documents, the paper proposes that there was a policy shift in the MGE’s policy adoption resulting from the combined effects of path dependence and the dominance of neo-liberal policy ideas. I argue that these existing political realities hindered socialization efforts even when there was recognition of the need for public childcare provision within and outside the MGE. |
The paper aims to investigate how the policy proposal to socialize childcare in | |
| Keywords | Socialisation of care; Path dependence; South Korea; Childcare policy |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal | Social Politics |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISSN | 10724745 |
| 14682893 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxx001 |
| Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621635 |
| hdl:10545/621635 | |
| File | File Access Level Open |
| File | |
| Publication dates | 28 May 2016 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 07 Jun 2017, 15:21 |
| Accepted | 22 Jan 2017 |
| Contributors | University of Derby |
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