Erik Mobrand
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 744808 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Erik Mobrand |
| PRENOMES | Erik |
| SOBRENOME | Mobrand |
| ASSINATURA | MOBRAND E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Seoul National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9953-412X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 75 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
International science as national project
Debate over the future of international science takes place in light of two trends that are frequently interpreted as standing in tension with each other. The longer-term pattern shows that science is increasingly an international endeavour, as collaboration across borders has grown. A more recent apparent re-nationalisation of science, however, raises questions over the march of international science. Geopolitical challenges and technological sh…
National context and the security turn in international research collaboration
Against the backdrop of growing geopolitical challenges, many countries are re-examining international scientific cooperation through the lens of national security. The security turn in research collaboration and exchange in higher education has prompted policy debates over the future of global science. More can be learned about this security turn by examining a society in which national security concerns have appeared relatively rarely in policy…
Cynical and Celebratory Sensibilities in South Korea's 2022 Presidential Election
Why was South Korea's 2022 presidential election so close, when only a few years prior the party of the winning candidate had been out of contention? The answer can be found by situating the election against a battle between democratic and anti-democratic forces. Anti-democratic forces cynically bid for power by denigrating politics. An examination of how this cynical sensibility developed, from 2016 to 2022, but on the back of a deeper history, …
Prosecution reform and the politics of faking democracy in South Korea
A public struggle in South Korea around prosecution reform brings into focus a deeper battle between forces seeking to make the state more responsive to ordinary people and those aiming to preserve the status quo. Opponents of prosecution reform turned to a mode of politics that appropriated the styles and symbols of democracy to justify the obstruction of reforms that would break down a key authoritarian legacy and source of entrenched privilege…
Developmental citizenship, symbolic landscapes, and transformation in China and South Korea
Despite glaring differences between South Korean and Chinese societies, South Korea offers an instructive reference point when thinking about developmental citizenship in China. Experiences of mobilization, albeit distinct in each country, inform the sorts of symbols that bring people together for resistance against or compliance with authority. The concept of developmental citizenship, besides drawing attention to these symbolic repertoires, als…
More Than Anti-Communism
Governments across anti-communist Asia, with US backing or tacit consent, devised institutions and practices for marginalising popular forces. Such internalisation of the Cold War involved measures ranging from violence and ideological mobilisation to disciplinary modes of control. With democratisation, Cold War devices for domestic control could remain entrenched or be rolled back. Examining the relationship between democratic transformation and…
The Integrity of Political Finance Systems in Asia
Enhancing the integrity of political finance systems is one of the main ways to address political corruption. In Asia, the comprehensiveness of political finance systems and the level of implementation vary significantly across countries. This policy paper draws on the 2018 data of the International IDEA Political Finance Database and covers South Asia, South East Asia and
Stealth marketisation
Across Asia, the international school scene has experienced marketisation and corporatisation. A consequence is that many wealthier families – outside of expatriate communities – view international schools as a desirable choice, and they seek ways to enrol their children in international schools. States have responded to this situation through policies that manage the boundaries between public or national school systems and international schools.…
Debating the East Asian Peace
On Parties’ Terms
South Korea is among the many democracies that have adopted a legal gender quota and seen a subsequent increase in the number of female politicians. While this increase is especially significant in the context of South Korea’s deeply patriarchal society, the quota is imposed on the dual structure of the country’s legislative politics. Limited to the murkier, patronage-driven arena of party lists, the quota does little to help women enter the aren…
Limited Pluralism in a Liberal Democracy
Formal modes of political incorporation in South Korea rest on a foundation of limited pluralism. The notion that the state should impose rigid boundaries on political representation pervades the country’s democracy. This notion is enshrined in law–in particular in the constitution’s Article 8 and in the Political Parties Act–and is upheld and perpetuated by the judiciary, the election commission, and the parties that dominate representative inst…
The Street Leaders of Seoul and the Foundations of the South Korean Political Order
In the decade and a half following Korean liberation from Japan in 1945, a category of men prowled Seoul's back alleys and also its halls of power. These figures might be called street leaders, for they were directly linked on one hand to private agents of violence and on the other to the top state and political elites of the country. The most notorious individuals included Kim Tu-han, a gang leader who became an elected politician, and Yi Chŏng-…
The Politics of Regulating Elections in South Korea
Reverse Remittances
Migrant remittances are widely considered as one-way transfers from migrants to families in their communities of origin. Because remittances are unrequited, they can serve developmental purposes. But what if remittances are requited? Reverse remittances-money and goods which families send to their migrant members-do exist and can be substantial. Research on internal migration in South Korea reveals that reverse remittances can even exceed remitta…
Explaining Divergent Responses to the North Korean Abductions Issue in Japan and South Korea
This article examines the divergent approaches pursued by Japan and South Korea in their attempts to resolve an issue that is related to a fundamental responsibility of sovereign states: the protection of citizens. The case considered here is North Korea's abduction of Japanese and South Korean nationals. In Japan, the abduction issue has taken center stage in the country's North Korea policy, whereas in South Korea, recent administrations have d…
China Modernizes
Endorsing the Exodus
Discussions of migration in contemporary China often center on the distinctive institutions, especially household registration (hukou) regulations, which continue to limit the options of rural people in cities. This paper draws attention to how another part of the Chinese state has engaged migration: governments in communities of origin. Evidence from Sichuan in the 1980s reveals that local leaders authorized, facilitated, and even organized out-…
Struggles over Unlicensed Housing in Seoul, 1960—80
What happens when an exceptionally strong state takes on an especially rapid expansion of squatter settlements? A dramatic struggle of such proportions—between the forces of fast industrialisation pulling rural people into the city and an effective, modernising state intolerant of squatting—was played out in Seoul, South Korea, in the 1960s and 1970s, when that city was one of the world's fastest-growing metropolises. This paper documents battles…
Mobilization or Repression of Migrants in Urban China? Hometown Networks, Leadership, and Lessons from International and Historical Comparisons
Urbanization is often spoken of as a disruptive process. Peasants are uprooted from their homes, and societies that have been mostly rural for centuries become largely urban. Leaders tend to fear the worst, because they do not know what to expect from the human waves that are crashing into cities. Meanwhile, the sympathetic wonder if marginalized migrants laborers can do anything to improve their plight. China is in the midst of this major social…
Politics of cityward migration
Politics of cityward migration
Reverse Remittances
Migrant remittances are widely considered as one-way transfers from migrants to families in their communities of origin. Because remittances are unrequited, they can serve developmental purposes. But what if remittances are requited? Reverse remittances-money and goods which families send to their migrant members-do exist and can be substantial. Research on internal migration in South Korea reveals that reverse remittances can even exceed remitta…
Limited Pluralism in a Liberal Democracy
Formal modes of political incorporation in South Korea rest on a foundation of limited pluralism. The notion that the state should impose rigid boundaries on political representation pervades the country’s democracy. This notion is enshrined in law–in particular in the constitution’s Article 8 and in the Political Parties Act–and is upheld and perpetuated by the judiciary, the election commission, and the parties that dominate representative inst…
Explaining Divergent Responses to the North Korean Abductions Issue in Japan and South Korea
This article examines the divergent approaches pursued by Japan and South Korea in their attempts to resolve an issue that is related to a fundamental responsibility of sovereign states: the protection of citizens. The case considered here is North Korea's abduction of Japanese and South Korean nationals. In Japan, the abduction issue has taken center stage in the country's North Korea policy, whereas in South Korea, recent administrations have d…
Stealth marketisation
Across Asia, the international school scene has experienced marketisation and corporatisation. A consequence is that many wealthier families – outside of expatriate communities – view international schools as a desirable choice, and they seek ways to enrol their children in international schools. States have responded to this situation through policies that manage the boundaries between public or national school systems and international schools.…
Struggles over Unlicensed Housing in Seoul, 1960—80
What happens when an exceptionally strong state takes on an especially rapid expansion of squatter settlements? A dramatic struggle of such proportions—between the forces of fast industrialisation pulling rural people into the city and an effective, modernising state intolerant of squatting—was played out in Seoul, South Korea, in the 1960s and 1970s, when that city was one of the world's fastest-growing metropolises. This paper documents battles…
China Modernizes
More Than Anti-Communism
Governments across anti-communist Asia, with US backing or tacit consent, devised institutions and practices for marginalising popular forces. Such internalisation of the Cold War involved measures ranging from violence and ideological mobilisation to disciplinary modes of control. With democratisation, Cold War devices for domestic control could remain entrenched or be rolled back. Examining the relationship between democratic transformation and…
The Politics of Regulating Elections in South Korea
The Street Leaders of Seoul and the Foundations of the South Korean Political Order
In the decade and a half following Korean liberation from Japan in 1945, a category of men prowled Seoul's back alleys and also its halls of power. These figures might be called street leaders, for they were directly linked on one hand to private agents of violence and on the other to the top state and political elites of the country. The most notorious individuals included Kim Tu-han, a gang leader who became an elected politician, and Yi Chŏng-…
Cynical and Celebratory Sensibilities in South Korea's 2022 Presidential Election
Why was South Korea's 2022 presidential election so close, when only a few years prior the party of the winning candidate had been out of contention? The answer can be found by situating the election against a battle between democratic and anti-democratic forces. Anti-democratic forces cynically bid for power by denigrating politics. An examination of how this cynical sensibility developed, from 2016 to 2022, but on the back of a deeper history, …
On Parties’ Terms
South Korea is among the many democracies that have adopted a legal gender quota and seen a subsequent increase in the number of female politicians. While this increase is especially significant in the context of South Korea’s deeply patriarchal society, the quota is imposed on the dual structure of the country’s legislative politics. Limited to the murkier, patronage-driven arena of party lists, the quota does little to help women enter the aren…
Mobilization or Repression of Migrants in Urban China? Hometown Networks, Leadership, and Lessons from International and Historical Comparisons
Urbanization is often spoken of as a disruptive process. Peasants are uprooted from their homes, and societies that have been mostly rural for centuries become largely urban. Leaders tend to fear the worst, because they do not know what to expect from the human waves that are crashing into cities. Meanwhile, the sympathetic wonder if marginalized migrants laborers can do anything to improve their plight. China is in the midst of this major social…
Politics of cityward migration
Mobilization or Repression of Migrants in Urban China? Hometown Networks, Leadership, and Lessons from International and Historical Comparisons
Urbanization is often spoken of as a disruptive process. Peasants are uprooted from their homes, and societies that have been mostly rural for centuries become largely urban. Leaders tend to fear the worst, because they do not know what to expect from the human waves that are crashing into cities. Meanwhile, the sympathetic wonder if marginalized migrants laborers can do anything to improve their plight. China is in the midst of this major social…
China Modernizes
Endorsing the Exodus
Discussions of migration in contemporary China often center on the distinctive institutions, especially household registration (hukou) regulations, which continue to limit the options of rural people in cities. This paper draws attention to how another part of the Chinese state has engaged migration: governments in communities of origin. Evidence from Sichuan in the 1980s reveals that local leaders authorized, facilitated, and even organized out-…
Struggles over Unlicensed Housing in Seoul, 1960—80
What happens when an exceptionally strong state takes on an especially rapid expansion of squatter settlements? A dramatic struggle of such proportions—between the forces of fast industrialisation pulling rural people into the city and an effective, modernising state intolerant of squatting—was played out in Seoul, South Korea, in the 1960s and 1970s, when that city was one of the world's fastest-growing metropolises. This paper documents battles…
Explaining Divergent Responses to the North Korean Abductions Issue in Japan and South Korea
This article examines the divergent approaches pursued by Japan and South Korea in their attempts to resolve an issue that is related to a fundamental responsibility of sovereign states: the protection of citizens. The case considered here is North Korea's abduction of Japanese and South Korean nationals. In Japan, the abduction issue has taken center stage in the country's North Korea policy, whereas in South Korea, recent administrations have d…
Reverse Remittances
Migrant remittances are widely considered as one-way transfers from migrants to families in their communities of origin. Because remittances are unrequited, they can serve developmental purposes. But what if remittances are requited? Reverse remittances-money and goods which families send to their migrant members-do exist and can be substantial. Research on internal migration in South Korea reveals that reverse remittances can even exceed remitta…
The Politics of Regulating Elections in South Korea
The Street Leaders of Seoul and the Foundations of the South Korean Political Order
In the decade and a half following Korean liberation from Japan in 1945, a category of men prowled Seoul's back alleys and also its halls of power. These figures might be called street leaders, for they were directly linked on one hand to private agents of violence and on the other to the top state and political elites of the country. The most notorious individuals included Kim Tu-han, a gang leader who became an elected politician, and Yi Chŏng-…
On Parties’ Terms
South Korea is among the many democracies that have adopted a legal gender quota and seen a subsequent increase in the number of female politicians. While this increase is especially significant in the context of South Korea’s deeply patriarchal society, the quota is imposed on the dual structure of the country’s legislative politics. Limited to the murkier, patronage-driven arena of party lists, the quota does little to help women enter the aren…
Limited Pluralism in a Liberal Democracy
Formal modes of political incorporation in South Korea rest on a foundation of limited pluralism. The notion that the state should impose rigid boundaries on political representation pervades the country’s democracy. This notion is enshrined in law–in particular in the constitution’s Article 8 and in the Political Parties Act–and is upheld and perpetuated by the judiciary, the election commission, and the parties that dominate representative inst…
The Integrity of Political Finance Systems in Asia
Enhancing the integrity of political finance systems is one of the main ways to address political corruption. In Asia, the comprehensiveness of political finance systems and the level of implementation vary significantly across countries. This policy paper draws on the 2018 data of the International IDEA Political Finance Database and covers South Asia, South East Asia and
Stealth marketisation
Across Asia, the international school scene has experienced marketisation and corporatisation. A consequence is that many wealthier families – outside of expatriate communities – view international schools as a desirable choice, and they seek ways to enrol their children in international schools. States have responded to this situation through policies that manage the boundaries between public or national school systems and international schools.…
Debating the East Asian Peace
Developmental citizenship, symbolic landscapes, and transformation in China and South Korea
Despite glaring differences between South Korean and Chinese societies, South Korea offers an instructive reference point when thinking about developmental citizenship in China. Experiences of mobilization, albeit distinct in each country, inform the sorts of symbols that bring people together for resistance against or compliance with authority. The concept of developmental citizenship, besides drawing attention to these symbolic repertoires, als…
More Than Anti-Communism
Governments across anti-communist Asia, with US backing or tacit consent, devised institutions and practices for marginalising popular forces. Such internalisation of the Cold War involved measures ranging from violence and ideological mobilisation to disciplinary modes of control. With democratisation, Cold War devices for domestic control could remain entrenched or be rolled back. Examining the relationship between democratic transformation and…
Prosecution reform and the politics of faking democracy in South Korea
A public struggle in South Korea around prosecution reform brings into focus a deeper battle between forces seeking to make the state more responsive to ordinary people and those aiming to preserve the status quo. Opponents of prosecution reform turned to a mode of politics that appropriated the styles and symbols of democracy to justify the obstruction of reforms that would break down a key authoritarian legacy and source of entrenched privilege…
Cynical and Celebratory Sensibilities in South Korea's 2022 Presidential Election
Why was South Korea's 2022 presidential election so close, when only a few years prior the party of the winning candidate had been out of contention? The answer can be found by situating the election against a battle between democratic and anti-democratic forces. Anti-democratic forces cynically bid for power by denigrating politics. An examination of how this cynical sensibility developed, from 2016 to 2022, but on the back of a deeper history, …
International science as national project
Debate over the future of international science takes place in light of two trends that are frequently interpreted as standing in tension with each other. The longer-term pattern shows that science is increasingly an international endeavour, as collaboration across borders has grown. A more recent apparent re-nationalisation of science, however, raises questions over the march of international science. Geopolitical challenges and technological sh…
National context and the security turn in international research collaboration
Against the backdrop of growing geopolitical challenges, many countries are re-examining international scientific cooperation through the lens of national security. The security turn in research collaboration and exchange in higher education has prompted policy debates over the future of global science. More can be learned about this security turn by examining a society in which national security concerns have appeared relatively rarely in policy…
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