The Oldest Societies in Asia

The Politics of Ageing in South Korea and Japan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20073348
AutoresAxel Klein (0000-0002-4203-2938, University of Duisburg-Essen, autor correspondente), Hannes Mosler, Hannes B Mosler (0000-0001-9443-9177, University of Duisburg-Essen)
Ano2021
Páginas195-217
Data de publicação2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoCHAPTER
PeriódicoGlobal Political Demography (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraSpringer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1007/978-3-030-73065-9_8
OpenAlexW3195725331
ISBN9783030730659
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas21

This chapter is a comparative piece on political demographics of two East Asian democracies: Japan and South Korea (hereafter: Korea). Our analysis shows that in spite of certain differences the two countries share similar demographic developments with Korea often following in Japan’s footsteps with a time lag of one or more decades, a phenomenon we ascribe to the belated economic development in Korea. By systematically taking stock of political institutions, elections and voters, policies and immigration, we find that the Korean governments have shown themselves not only more active in fighting negative consequences of demographic change but also more open to immigration compared to their Japanese counterparts

China · Demographic economics · Demographics · Development economics · East Asia · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Demography · Japanese History and Culture · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Social Policy and Reform Studies