Ji-Whan Yun Professor
Department of Political Science & International Relations
Ji-Whan Yun is Associate Professor of Political Science at at Ewha Womans University in South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in political science from University of California, Berkeley in 2008. He teaches courses in the area of political economy. Professor Yun’s doctorate dissertation focused on labor market reform in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan since the late-1990s. His major research interest has been the political background of emerging socioeconomic problems of East Asian capitalism, including labor market dualisation, jobless growth, self-employment, low productivity progress, etc. Most recently, he focuses on the conflicts between partisan dynamics and social habitus in East Asian countries, including South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan. Professor Yun’s articles emerged in many journals, including Governance, Asian Survey, Pacific Affairs, Pacific Review, British Journal of Industrial Relations, etc.
- Ewha-POSCO Building (Social Sciences) #202-1
- 02-3277-4469
Research Record
- When old institutions pay off: a new entrepreneurial state in South Korea and its limit in incorporating small firms into semiconductor production Japanese Journal of Political Science, 2023, v.19, 0
- 정치담론은 사라진 것인가, 삭제된 것인가? 20대 대통령선거에 대한 정치사회학적 고찰 21세기정치학회보, 2022, v.32 no.2, 1-20
- Post-democracy and historicism: The hidden origin of the Korea-Japan trade war Issues and Studies, 2021, v.57 no.1, 2150003
- Beyond Continuity: The Defiance of Ordinary Citizens and the 2016 Candlelight Protests in South Korea KOREA JOURNAL, 2020, v.60 no.2, 150-179
- Self-Victimizing Resistance in South Korea: Employment Rationalization and a New Repertoire of Labor Contention Oughtopia (오토피아), 2020, v.35 no.1, 161-192
- Conservative Politics and Compassionate Paternalism in Korea and Japan No Way Out? ASIAN SURVEY, 2019, v.59 no.5, 911-936
- Consultation without representation: How the conservative governments in japan and korea capitalized on labor-inclusionary institutions against labor Taiwanese Political Science Review, 2019, v.23 no.1, 215-259
- Democracy in Myth: The Politics of Precariatization in South Korea Issues and Studies, 2019, v.55 no.1, 1950001
- The Paradox of Inequality in South Korea: Minsaeng Kyongje and Reinvigorated Developmentalism PACIFIC AFFAIRS, 2017, v.90 no.3, 481-504
- Urban Hysteresis and Anti-Left Sentiments in Asia: Beyond the Global Middle-Class Thesis Taiwanese Political Science Review, 2017, v.21 no.1, 219-259
- Progressive setback in East Asia: why and how urban citizens challenged the new politics PACIFIC REVIEW, 2015, v.28 no.5, 655-678
- The Setback in Political Entrepreneurship and Employment Dualization in Japan, 1998-2012 British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015
- The Politics of Jobless Recovery in Late Industrializing Countries: Finland, South Korea and Poland Compared Korea Observer, 2014, 제45권 4호, 545-575
- The Politics of Jobless Recovery in Late Industrializing Countries: Finland, South Korea and Poland Compared KOREA OBSERVER, 2014, v.45 no.4, 545-575
- [학술지논문] Legitimation and Perversity: A Comparison of the Politics of Minimum Wage Reforms in Japan and South Korea ASIAN STUDIES REVIEW, 2024, v.48 no.1 , 159-178
- [학술지논문] Post-Democracy and Historicism: The Hidden Origin of the Korea-Japan Trade War Issues and Studies, 2021, v.47 no.1 , 250003-250003
- [학술지논문] Conservative Politics and Compassionate Paternalism in Korea and Japan No Way Out? ASIAN SURVEY, 2019, v.59 no.5 , 911-936
- [학술지논문] Consultation without Representation: How the Conservative Governments in Japan and Korea Capitalized on Labor-Inclusionary Institutions against Labor Taiwanese Political Science Review, 2019, v.23 no.1 , 215-259
- [학술지논문] Democracy in Myth: The Politics of Precariatization in South Korea Issues and Studies, 2019, v.55 no.1 , 1950001-1950001
- [저역서] The New Dynamics of Democracy in South Korea Routledge , 2021, 226
Courses
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2024-1st
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Introduction to Political Science
- Subject No 22183Class No 01
- 1Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 6~6 (POSCO) , Wed 5~5 (152)
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Seminar on Political Economy
- Subject No G10945Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 5~6 (POSCO351)
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2023-2nd
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State and Market
- Subject No 30811Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 5~5 (POSCO) , Wed 4~4 (161)
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Korean Politics
- Subject No 33116Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 4~4 (POSCO152) , Thu 5~5 (POSCO152)
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2023-1st
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Introduction to Political Science 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No 22183Class No 01
- 1Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 3~3 (POSCO) , Thu 2~2 (151)
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Contemporary Korean Politics
- Subject No G10789Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (POSCO352)
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2022-2nd
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State and Market
- Subject No 30811Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 2~2 (POSCO152) , Fri 3~3 (POSCO152)
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Korean Politics
- Subject No 33116Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 4~4 (POSCO152) , Fri 5~5 (POSCO152)
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2022-1st
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International History of East Asia
- Subject No 35726Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 4~4 , Fri 5~5
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Seminar on Political Economy
- Subject No G10945Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (POSCO460)
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2021-2nd
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State and Market
- Subject No 30811Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 2~2 , Fri 3~3
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International History of East Asia
- Subject No 35726Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 4~4 , Fri 5~5
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2021-1st
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First-Year Seminar
- Subject No 10848Class No 20
- 1Year ( 1Credit Mon 7~7
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International History of East Asia
- Subject No 35726Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 2~2 , Thu 3~3
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Contentious Politics
- Subject No G17428Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 5~6 (POSCO460)
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Academic Background
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D.(Political Science)