Childcare and Maternity Protection Reforms in Korea: Policy-Layering Features in Comparative Perspectives

The article shows transformative changes in Korea's family policies over the last two decades. It suggests that the reform has been mainly adopted in the form of childcare and maternity protection delivered as a result of state action in addressing a declining fertility rate. By using the conce...

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Published inJournal of comparative policy analysis Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 183 - 198
Main Author Seo, Jeonghoon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 15.03.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Case studies
Child care
childcare/maternity protection
comparative perspectives
declining fertility rates
Development policy
Family policy
Fertility
historical method
NICs
Policy making
policy-layering
Reforms
Welfare
welfare state typologies
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Summary:The article shows transformative changes in Korea's family policies over the last two decades. It suggests that the reform has been mainly adopted in the form of childcare and maternity protection delivered as a result of state action in addressing a declining fertility rate. By using the concept of policy-layering with the process-tracing of historical methods, this article provides a case study that contributes to explaining the mechanisms of policy change and development in newly industrialized countries like Korea over welfare regime theories. It thereby shows the limit of typological thinking, while providing policy implications and lessons.
ISSN:1387-6988
1572-5448
DOI:10.1080/13876988.2017.1411012