International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea

New Strategies for an Uncertain World
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-981-16-4600-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 583 g

This book examines the evolution of foreign aid policy in Japan and South Korea, analyzing policy rationales, institutional developments and policy choices. The book searches for new strategies of international development cooperation in an uncertain world. The book compares two countries’ policies in a unique way: pairs of Japanese and Korean scholars examine same policy themes in separate chapters, contrasting differences and similarities. This book will be of great value to scholars of international development cooperation, public policy and East Asian politics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kwon, Huck-Ju

Kondoh, Hisahiro

Yamagata, Tatsufumi

Kim, Eunju

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Normative Rationale and Policy Concepts in Japan: Human Security and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy.- Chapter 3. Searching for a normative rationale for Korean ODA Policy: Interest, Self-regards, and Obligation.- Chapter 4. Evolving Mould of Japanese Aid: An environmental explanation.- Chapter 5. Institutional Development toward Development Cooperation and Partnership in South Korea: History, Institutions, and Quantitative Overview.- Chapter 6. Japan and Traditional Donors: Catching up but Staying “Asian”.- Chapter 7. Balancing Universal Value and Economic Interest Through Development Cooperation in Korea.- Chapter 8. Civil Society Organizations as Partners and Critics of Japan’s Aid Policy.- Chapter 9. Historical Changes of the Roles of Korean Development CSOs and their Challenges for Inclusive Partnership.- Chapter 10. New Partnership with the Private Sector in Japanese Development Cooperation.- Chapter 11. Korea: Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 12. A Way Forward to Achieve the SDGs in Japan: Decoupling between Sustainable Development and International Development.- Chapter 13. A Way Forward to Achieve the SDGs in Korea: Reformulating an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 14. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Huck-ju Kwon is a Professor at Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University and a Fulbright-Democracy Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is the former President of the Korean Association of International Development and Cooperation (KAIDEC).

Tatsufumi Yamagata is a Professor at the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. He is a former President of the Japan Society for International Development (JASID).

Eunju Kim is an Assistant Professor at College of Social Sciences, Hansung University, Seoul, Korea.

Hisahiro Kondoh is a Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Saitama University, Japan