| ID | 171634 |
| Title Proper | It’s not just talk |
| Other Title Information | ideas, discourse, and the prospects for transformational change in a homogenous nation-state |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lim, Timothy C |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Despite decades of large-scale immigration, systemic and institutionalized racism and ethnonationalism remain very strong in South Korea. One reason is obvious: South Korea is the quintessential homogeneous nation-state. Many observers, in fact, believe that it is one of the few societies in the world that is naturally homogenous. For this and other reasons, the prospect that South Korea can or will transform from homogenous nation-state to multicultural society is generally given very short shrift. I argue, however, that small but extremely significant steps toward a multicultural society have already been made and that the key reason is due to the introduction of ‘multiculturalism’ as an idea and discourse in Korean society. While a focus on ideas/discourse is hardly new, this paper contends that it has been seriously underappreciated, particularly in analyses of South Korea, as a cause of institutional stability on the one hand, and of institutional change and transformation, on the other hand. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asian Ethinicity Vol. 21, No.3; Jun 2020: p.348-372 |
| Journal Source | Asian Ethinicity Vol: 21 No 3 |
| Key Words | Multiculturalism ; Racism ; South Korea ; Discursive Institutionalism |