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2008-09 PASS Speaker Series -- 5.
Won-Taek Kang
"South Korea: A Fortuitous Democratic Consolidation?"
Perkins 217 (Take the elevator in the new section of Perkins Library to the 2nd floor, turn left, then go around the corner to the room).
January 22, 2009, 12:00-1:30 pm
Won-Taek Kang is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Soongsil University, Seoul Korea. He received his Ph.D. in political science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His academic interests lie in election, political party, legislative studies, and democratization. Recently his research focuses on the influence of Internet on domestic politics and on the change of political attitudes among young generation in South Korea. He published many articles in various domestic and international journals, including Electoral Studies, Public Administration, and Journal of Theoretical Politics. His recent article includes 'How Ideology divides Generation? The 2002 and 2004 South Korean elections' (Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2008). He also published several books about constitutional and political reforms and election analysis (in Korean).