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How Much Has the Korean Developmental Welfare Regime Changed?
: An Analysis of the Social Bases of the Korean Welfare State
By Moo-Kwon Chung and Mun-Soo Park
This paper attempts to explore social bases of the Korean welfare state by analyzing the Korea's part of the
ISSP(International Social Survey Program) data, an world-wide public opinion survey data.
Until now most research on the East Asian welfare regimes have focused on the analysis of the formal institutional and program structures of the welfare system or public social expenditures, and their comparisons among countries.
However, the recent inclusion of some East Asian countries to the ISSP survey data allows us to explore the people's ideas and perceptions about the various areas of the government roles including the economy and social welfare, helping explore certain aspects of the social bases of the welfare system based on the individual cognitive level.