A Contemporary Portrait of Life in Korea

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

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt
Recent Changes in Familism in Korea, 2006-2016.- Comparison of Gender Roles and the Family in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China.- Stratification and Economic Inequality in South Korea.- Social Networks in the Lives of Korean Adults: Evidence from the KGSS (2012).- Embedded Work: Expectations and Fulfillment.- Is Civil Society Always Good for Democracy?.- The Big Five Personality Traits and South Koreans' Attitudes toward North Korean Defectors.- Democracy and National Identity in South Korea.- Role of Government and Institutional Trust.- Trust of People and its Associations with Respondents' Community Characteristics.- Social Welfare Attitudes.- Religion and Sexual Attitudes.- Appendix: Korean General Social Survey (KGSS).