Inhye Heo
Biographic Data
| ID | 178657 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inhye Heo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inhye |
| FAMILY NAME | Heo |
| SIGNATURE | HEO I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jeonbuk National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5424-1710 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Legitimation and Perversity: A Comparison of the Politics of Minimum Wage Reforms in Japan and South Korea
There has been a scholarly consensus that the perversity rhetoric – the claim that reforms for improving social conditions will worsen the very same conditions – is a myth crafted by the political and economic elites to protect the status quo. This view explains why perversity rhetoric emerges, but it does not explain how it becomes powerful enough to change the course of reform. This study fills this gap by comparing two recent minimum wage refo…
Economic inequality and deepening ideological polarization in South Korea after 2010
In South Korea, conservatism and progressivism were formed under major political and socioeconomic challenges since the establishment of the country in 1948. Moreover, the intensifying ideological polarization between conservatives and progressives since 2010 is discussed. Considering that these ideological terms were developed while overcoming national challenges, it is highly likely that deepening ideological polarization is related to the new …
Energy democratization policy without democratization of policy governance in South Korea: A participatory democracy perspective
Policy governance with citizen participation has gained much attention in the application of participatory democracy. Accordingly, what conditions are needed to conform to the idea of policy governance and contribute to policy effectiveness? This article answers this question by examining the energy policy of the South Korean Moon Jae‐in government. It argues that—in addition to the formation of policy governance—democratizing its operation based…
Discourses on the Natural Environment in North Korea: Changing Regime Dynamics in the 1990s
During the mid- and late 1990s in North Korea, a period marked by the “Arduous March”, discourse shifted from “conquering” the natural environment to “rationally using and protecting” it. It is argued in this article that this change was related to the dynamic character of the North Korean regime, which evolves according to changing circumstances. Thus, this study aims to examine this change in discourse about the natural environment, focussing o…
When Does a Newborn Democracy Fail? Evidence from South Korea's Second Democratic Regime, 1960-1961
This paper aims to discuss when a newborn democracy fails to develop itself towards consolidation, by examining a case of South Korea's second democratic regime launched in 1960.This regime offers an interesting case to study since it lasted only about a year despite active democratic reforms.This paper argues that, for democratic consolidation to succeed, a newborn democracy should be sustainable, which can be attained through the efforts of bot…
The Revival of 'Big Government' Discourse in South Korea, 2017
After the democratisation of South Korea in 1987, political discourse on 'big government' nearly disappeared, largely because it recalled past authoritarianism. Authoritarian states are highly likely to employ 'big government' - exerting policy influence over the distribution of private resources - to sustain their political power, and Korea's authoritarian state was no exception. Thus, newly inaugurated President Moon Jae-in's official implicati…
Government Reorganization in the Light of Quality of Democracy: South Korea
South Korea undergoes frequent and large‐scale government reorganizations (GRs) that have generated social, administrative, and political problems; all of these have negative impacts on the quality of democracy by lowering people's satisfaction with their government. This article critically reviews past literature's major discussions on the quality of democracy and argues that well‐performing democratic governance that not only secures democratic…
Overlapping Political Conflicts and Legislative Gridlock: Reforming Financial Supervisory Governance in South Korea
Literature discussing the factors in government and parliament that cause of gridlock is limited in examining cases that occur in contexts where the democratic principle of ‘inclusion’ expands. This paper analyzes the legislative gridlock revealed in the process of the South Korean government's efforts to pass the Bill of Financial Consumer Protection, beginning in July 2012, from the perspective of overlapping political conflicts among multi-sca…
Neoliberal developmentalism in South Korea: Evidence from the green growth policymaking process
This paper argues that Korea, once a representative East Asian developmental state, has state characteristics that amount to ‘neoliberal developmentalism’, which is a combination of the government's neoliberal political rationality and the developmental state's governmentality. To elucidate this, the case of Korea's recent green growth policymaking process is analysed. The government based the policy on its neoliberal political rationality. This …
Managing Policy Dilemmas in South Korea: The Case of the Emissions Trading Scheme
This paper analyses the policy dilemma of South Korea’s Lee Myung-bak government regarding the greenhouse gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the cornerstone of the government’s Low Carbon Green Growth (GG) policy. The paper analyses policy governance, with a focus on the deliberative nature of the policy process. The ETS was promoted as a way to overcome certain international, political and socioeconomic challenges facing the government, yet the…
The Political Economy of Reforming Financial Supervision in South Korea
This study examines the reform trajectory of financial supervision in South Korea after the 1980s, focusing on external and internal political-economic factors. Research results indicate that the changed economic landscape led the government, which once utilized financial supervision as a tool to support industrial policy, to alter its aims and pursue the development of the financial market itself. During this transformational process, the 1997 A…
The Political Economy of Policy Gridlock in S outh K orea: The Case of the L ee M yung‐bak Government's Green Growth Policy
This article analyzes the occurrence, development, results, and special features of policy gridlock in S outh K orea's green growth ( GG ) policy from a political–economic perspective. Analysis is based on the claim that the relationships that the government has formed with other relevant policy actors—including the National Assembly, market players, and civil society—underpin the critical political–economic causes of the gridlock. Research resul…
The role of the state as an inter-scalar mediator in globalizing liquid crystal display industry development in South Korea
Deriving insights from the global production network (GPN) framework, we examine the recent development of the liquid crystal display (LCD) industry in South Korea. Using the GPN framework, we focus on the role of the national state as an active inter-scalar mediator in the dynamic strategic coupling process between global leading firms and local actors in globalizing regional development. We argue that the role of the national state as an inter-…
Changing aspects of government–society relations in South Korea: Evidence From the Evolution of Environmental Policy Governance
In South Korea, the development of environmental policy did not garner much attention from either the government or society before the mid-1980s, although policy-making in this sphere had a long history prior to this time, as with other traditional policy areas. Moreover, it is significant that mid-1980s in Korea was a period characterised by a new political–economic landscape that induced changes in the aims and roles of the government and socie…
South Korea's Corporate Restructurings After the 1997 and 2008 Economic Crises: Different Patterns and Lessons for Policy
It is generally perceived that corporate restructuring carried out in a neoliberal context is likely to be implemented radically. However, Korea's massive corporate restructurings following the 1997 and 2008 economic crises differed from one another in terms of the speed and scope of the processes—even though neoliberal ideas were flourishing in Korea during both periods. What are the concrete differences between the two cases? Moreover, what are…
The role of the state as an inter-scalar mediator in globalizing liquid crystal display industry development in South Korea
Deriving insights from the global production network (GPN) framework, we examine the recent development of the liquid crystal display (LCD) industry in South Korea. Using the GPN framework, we focus on the role of the national state as an active inter-scalar mediator in the dynamic strategic coupling process between global leading firms and local actors in globalizing regional development. We argue that the role of the national state as an inter-…
Changing aspects of government–society relations in South Korea: Evidence From the Evolution of Environmental Policy Governance
In South Korea, the development of environmental policy did not garner much attention from either the government or society before the mid-1980s, although policy-making in this sphere had a long history prior to this time, as with other traditional policy areas. Moreover, it is significant that mid-1980s in Korea was a period characterised by a new political–economic landscape that induced changes in the aims and roles of the government and socie…
Managing Policy Dilemmas in South Korea: The Case of the Emissions Trading Scheme
This paper analyses the policy dilemma of South Korea’s Lee Myung-bak government regarding the greenhouse gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the cornerstone of the government’s Low Carbon Green Growth (GG) policy. The paper analyses policy governance, with a focus on the deliberative nature of the policy process. The ETS was promoted as a way to overcome certain international, political and socioeconomic challenges facing the government, yet the…
Neoliberal developmentalism in South Korea: Evidence from the green growth policymaking process
This paper argues that Korea, once a representative East Asian developmental state, has state characteristics that amount to ‘neoliberal developmentalism’, which is a combination of the government's neoliberal political rationality and the developmental state's governmentality. To elucidate this, the case of Korea's recent green growth policymaking process is analysed. The government based the policy on its neoliberal political rationality. This …
The Political Economy of Policy Gridlock in S outh K orea: The Case of the L ee M yung‐bak Government's Green Growth Policy
This article analyzes the occurrence, development, results, and special features of policy gridlock in S outh K orea's green growth ( GG ) policy from a political–economic perspective. Analysis is based on the claim that the relationships that the government has formed with other relevant policy actors—including the National Assembly, market players, and civil society—underpin the critical political–economic causes of the gridlock. Research resul…
The Revival of 'Big Government' Discourse in South Korea, 2017
After the democratisation of South Korea in 1987, political discourse on 'big government' nearly disappeared, largely because it recalled past authoritarianism. Authoritarian states are highly likely to employ 'big government' - exerting policy influence over the distribution of private resources - to sustain their political power, and Korea's authoritarian state was no exception. Thus, newly inaugurated President Moon Jae-in's official implicati…
Legitimation and Perversity: A Comparison of the Politics of Minimum Wage Reforms in Japan and South Korea
There has been a scholarly consensus that the perversity rhetoric – the claim that reforms for improving social conditions will worsen the very same conditions – is a myth crafted by the political and economic elites to protect the status quo. This view explains why perversity rhetoric emerges, but it does not explain how it becomes powerful enough to change the course of reform. This study fills this gap by comparing two recent minimum wage refo…
Energy democratization policy without democratization of policy governance in South Korea: A participatory democracy perspective
Policy governance with citizen participation has gained much attention in the application of participatory democracy. Accordingly, what conditions are needed to conform to the idea of policy governance and contribute to policy effectiveness? This article answers this question by examining the energy policy of the South Korean Moon Jae‐in government. It argues that—in addition to the formation of policy governance—democratizing its operation based…
The Political Economy of Reforming Financial Supervision in South Korea
This study examines the reform trajectory of financial supervision in South Korea after the 1980s, focusing on external and internal political-economic factors. Research results indicate that the changed economic landscape led the government, which once utilized financial supervision as a tool to support industrial policy, to alter its aims and pursue the development of the financial market itself. During this transformational process, the 1997 A…
South Korea's Corporate Restructurings After the 1997 and 2008 Economic Crises: Different Patterns and Lessons for Policy
It is generally perceived that corporate restructuring carried out in a neoliberal context is likely to be implemented radically. However, Korea's massive corporate restructurings following the 1997 and 2008 economic crises differed from one another in terms of the speed and scope of the processes—even though neoliberal ideas were flourishing in Korea during both periods. What are the concrete differences between the two cases? Moreover, what are…
The Political Economy of Policy Gridlock in S outh K orea: The Case of the L ee M yung‐bak Government's Green Growth Policy
This article analyzes the occurrence, development, results, and special features of policy gridlock in S outh K orea's green growth ( GG ) policy from a political–economic perspective. Analysis is based on the claim that the relationships that the government has formed with other relevant policy actors—including the National Assembly, market players, and civil society—underpin the critical political–economic causes of the gridlock. Research resul…
The role of the state as an inter-scalar mediator in globalizing liquid crystal display industry development in South Korea
Deriving insights from the global production network (GPN) framework, we examine the recent development of the liquid crystal display (LCD) industry in South Korea. Using the GPN framework, we focus on the role of the national state as an active inter-scalar mediator in the dynamic strategic coupling process between global leading firms and local actors in globalizing regional development. We argue that the role of the national state as an inter-…
Changing aspects of government–society relations in South Korea: Evidence From the Evolution of Environmental Policy Governance
In South Korea, the development of environmental policy did not garner much attention from either the government or society before the mid-1980s, although policy-making in this sphere had a long history prior to this time, as with other traditional policy areas. Moreover, it is significant that mid-1980s in Korea was a period characterised by a new political–economic landscape that induced changes in the aims and roles of the government and socie…
South Korea's Corporate Restructurings After the 1997 and 2008 Economic Crises: Different Patterns and Lessons for Policy
It is generally perceived that corporate restructuring carried out in a neoliberal context is likely to be implemented radically. However, Korea's massive corporate restructurings following the 1997 and 2008 economic crises differed from one another in terms of the speed and scope of the processes—even though neoliberal ideas were flourishing in Korea during both periods. What are the concrete differences between the two cases? Moreover, what are…
The Political Economy of Reforming Financial Supervision in South Korea
This study examines the reform trajectory of financial supervision in South Korea after the 1980s, focusing on external and internal political-economic factors. Research results indicate that the changed economic landscape led the government, which once utilized financial supervision as a tool to support industrial policy, to alter its aims and pursue the development of the financial market itself. During this transformational process, the 1997 A…
Neoliberal developmentalism in South Korea: Evidence from the green growth policymaking process
This paper argues that Korea, once a representative East Asian developmental state, has state characteristics that amount to ‘neoliberal developmentalism’, which is a combination of the government's neoliberal political rationality and the developmental state's governmentality. To elucidate this, the case of Korea's recent green growth policymaking process is analysed. The government based the policy on its neoliberal political rationality. This …
Managing Policy Dilemmas in South Korea: The Case of the Emissions Trading Scheme
This paper analyses the policy dilemma of South Korea’s Lee Myung-bak government regarding the greenhouse gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the cornerstone of the government’s Low Carbon Green Growth (GG) policy. The paper analyses policy governance, with a focus on the deliberative nature of the policy process. The ETS was promoted as a way to overcome certain international, political and socioeconomic challenges facing the government, yet the…
Overlapping Political Conflicts and Legislative Gridlock: Reforming Financial Supervisory Governance in South Korea
Literature discussing the factors in government and parliament that cause of gridlock is limited in examining cases that occur in contexts where the democratic principle of ‘inclusion’ expands. This paper analyzes the legislative gridlock revealed in the process of the South Korean government's efforts to pass the Bill of Financial Consumer Protection, beginning in July 2012, from the perspective of overlapping political conflicts among multi-sca…
Government Reorganization in the Light of Quality of Democracy: South Korea
South Korea undergoes frequent and large‐scale government reorganizations (GRs) that have generated social, administrative, and political problems; all of these have negative impacts on the quality of democracy by lowering people's satisfaction with their government. This article critically reviews past literature's major discussions on the quality of democracy and argues that well‐performing democratic governance that not only secures democratic…
When Does a Newborn Democracy Fail? Evidence from South Korea's Second Democratic Regime, 1960-1961
This paper aims to discuss when a newborn democracy fails to develop itself towards consolidation, by examining a case of South Korea's second democratic regime launched in 1960.This regime offers an interesting case to study since it lasted only about a year despite active democratic reforms.This paper argues that, for democratic consolidation to succeed, a newborn democracy should be sustainable, which can be attained through the efforts of bot…
The Revival of 'Big Government' Discourse in South Korea, 2017
After the democratisation of South Korea in 1987, political discourse on 'big government' nearly disappeared, largely because it recalled past authoritarianism. Authoritarian states are highly likely to employ 'big government' - exerting policy influence over the distribution of private resources - to sustain their political power, and Korea's authoritarian state was no exception. Thus, newly inaugurated President Moon Jae-in's official implicati…
Discourses on the Natural Environment in North Korea: Changing Regime Dynamics in the 1990s
During the mid- and late 1990s in North Korea, a period marked by the “Arduous March”, discourse shifted from “conquering” the natural environment to “rationally using and protecting” it. It is argued in this article that this change was related to the dynamic character of the North Korean regime, which evolves according to changing circumstances. Thus, this study aims to examine this change in discourse about the natural environment, focussing o…
Energy democratization policy without democratization of policy governance in South Korea: A participatory democracy perspective
Policy governance with citizen participation has gained much attention in the application of participatory democracy. Accordingly, what conditions are needed to conform to the idea of policy governance and contribute to policy effectiveness? This article answers this question by examining the energy policy of the South Korean Moon Jae‐in government. It argues that—in addition to the formation of policy governance—democratizing its operation based…
Legitimation and Perversity: A Comparison of the Politics of Minimum Wage Reforms in Japan and South Korea
There has been a scholarly consensus that the perversity rhetoric – the claim that reforms for improving social conditions will worsen the very same conditions – is a myth crafted by the political and economic elites to protect the status quo. This view explains why perversity rhetoric emerges, but it does not explain how it becomes powerful enough to change the course of reform. This study fills this gap by comparing two recent minimum wage refo…
Economic inequality and deepening ideological polarization in South Korea after 2010
In South Korea, conservatism and progressivism were formed under major political and socioeconomic challenges since the establishment of the country in 1948. Moreover, the intensifying ideological polarization between conservatives and progressives since 2010 is discussed. Considering that these ideological terms were developed while overcoming national challenges, it is highly likely that deepening ideological polarization is related to the new …
Political science (15 works) · Economics (13 works) · Politics (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Asian Industrial and Economic Development (10 works) · Government (linguistics (10 works) · Political economy (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Public Administration (8 works)