Youngok Koo
Biographic Data
| ID | 755668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Youngok Koo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Youngok |
| FAMILY NAME | Koo |
| SIGNATURE | KOO Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Koh Young Technology (South Korea) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3818-2714 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The First Amerasians: Mixed Race Koreans from Camptowns to America. By Yuri W. Doolan
The Paradoxical Development of Liberal Governance: International Adoption Policy and Professional Social Work in Authoritarian South Korea, 1953–1976
This article explores the development of international adoption policy in post-liberation South Korea, emphasizing the roles of American and Korean professional social workers. By analyzing the orphan registry and a pivotal international adoption law, it reveals how international adoption in South Korea presents a unique opportunity to observe the formation of modern social policy in a newly liberated nation during the Cold War. The study argues …
The Question of Adoption: Divided" Korea, "Neutral" Sweden, and Cold War Geopolitics, 1964-75
This article examines the early development of South Korean intercountry adoption to Sweden. It focuses particularly on two disruptions in the movement of children between the two nations, drawing on archival sources in Sweden, South Korea, and Denmark. The article demonstrates that South Korean-Swedish adoption was deeply bound up in the shifting Cold War relations within and between the Korean peninsula and Scandinavia in the late 1960s and ear…
We Deserve to Be Here: The Development o Adoption Critiques by Transnational Korean Adoptees in Denmark
Contrary to the dominant perception of transnational adoption as an act of goodness, an increasing number of Korean adult adoptees in Denmark have raised critical voices about the political economy of transnational adoption since the mid-2000s. They have participated in the adoption debate not just as individuals, but through collective critiques and mobilisation. This article looks at the development of political mobilisation led by Korean adopt…
Korea and the United States
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Korea and the United States
We Deserve to Be Here: The Development o Adoption Critiques by Transnational Korean Adoptees in Denmark
Contrary to the dominant perception of transnational adoption as an act of goodness, an increasing number of Korean adult adoptees in Denmark have raised critical voices about the political economy of transnational adoption since the mid-2000s. They have participated in the adoption debate not just as individuals, but through collective critiques and mobilisation. This article looks at the development of political mobilisation led by Korean adopt…
The Question of Adoption: Divided" Korea, "Neutral" Sweden, and Cold War Geopolitics, 1964-75
This article examines the early development of South Korean intercountry adoption to Sweden. It focuses particularly on two disruptions in the movement of children between the two nations, drawing on archival sources in Sweden, South Korea, and Denmark. The article demonstrates that South Korean-Swedish adoption was deeply bound up in the shifting Cold War relations within and between the Korean peninsula and Scandinavia in the late 1960s and ear…
The First Amerasians: Mixed Race Koreans from Camptowns to America. By Yuri W. Doolan
The Paradoxical Development of Liberal Governance: International Adoption Policy and Professional Social Work in Authoritarian South Korea, 1953–1976
This article explores the development of international adoption policy in post-liberation South Korea, emphasizing the roles of American and Korean professional social workers. By analyzing the orphan registry and a pivotal international adoption law, it reveals how international adoption in South Korea presents a unique opportunity to observe the formation of modern social policy in a newly liberated nation during the Cold War. The study argues …
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 works) · Asian Industrial and Economic Development (1 works)