Leviathan for Sale

Maritime Police Privatization, Bureaucratic Corruption, and the Sewol Disaster

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12847751
AutoresKyong Jun Choi (autor de correspondencia), Jonson N Porteux (0000-0002-7379-2411)
Año2021
Volumen21
Número1
Páginas27-51
Fecha de publicación2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of East Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1598-2408 • E-ISSN: 2234-6643
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/jea.2020.17
OpenAlexW3135270713
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas26

We argue that the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster in South Korea, in which 304 passengers perished, was a result of the mode and process of privatization of South Korea's maritime police and rescue services. Through the development of a nuanced theory of privatization and use of a novel conceptualization of corruption, coupled with empirical analysis, our study shows that the outcome was symptomatic of a wider trend of systematic bureaucratic rent-seeking. A pro-active private sector ready to capitalize on the opportunity, in conjunction with a permissive political environment, resulted in a reduction of state capacity, with devastating consequences

Bureaucracy · Business · Conceptualization · Language change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Private sector · Sociology · State (computer science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Global trade and economics · Law · Public Administration