The Road to Multiculturalism in South Korea

This book aims to capture the complicated development of Korea from monoethnic to multicultural society, challenging the narrative of 'ethnonational continuity' in Korea, through a discursive institutional approach.

Autorentext

Timothy C. Lim is a professor of political science at California State University, Los Angeles. He received his PhD from the University of Hawaii, Manoa in political science and an MA from Columbia University in international affairs. He is the author of Politics in East Asia and Doing Comparative Politics.

Inhalt

1. Racist Past, Multicultural(ism) Future? 2. Dangerous Babies: Ethnonationalist Discourse, the Institutionalization of a Discriminatory Regime, and the Advent of Multiculturalism 3. "We are Human": Immigrant Labor and the Discursive Struggle for Humanity and Rights 4. Who Gets to Be "Korean"? The Korean Diaspora, Korean Chinese, and the Malleability of Korean Identity 5. Multiculturalism from the "Front of the Line": Marriage Migrants, Multicultural Families, and the Challenge of Incorporation 6. Ethnonationalism, "Foreign Residents," and Multiculturalism in Japan and South Korea: A Comparative Perspective 7. South Korea's Multiculturalism Present and Future: A Conclusion