Dr Tat Yan Kong
BA (Newcastle) MPhil DPhil (Oxon)
Overview
Department of Politics and International Studies
Reader in Comparative Politics and Development Studies
Centre of Korean Studies
Member, Centre of Korean Studies
Centre of Chinese Studies
Member, Centre of Chinese Studies
Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Science
APCSS Coordinating Committee Member
Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD)
Member, CISD
- Name:
- Dr Tat Yan Kong
- Email address:
- yk2@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4743
- Fax:
- 020 7898 4759
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 206
- Office Hours:
- Wednesday 2-4pm (Term 1)
- On Sabbatical:
- Term 2, 2012-13
Teaching
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- East Asia
Country Expertise
- Korea North
- Korea South
- Taiwan
Languages
- Chinese Mandarin
- Korean
Publications
Authored Books
Kong, Tat Yan (2000) The Politics of Economic Reform in South Korea. A Fragile Miracle. London: Routledge .
Edited Books
Kim, Dae-Hwan and Kong, Tat Yan, eds. (1996) The Korean Peninsula in Transition. London; New York: St Antony's-Macmillan/St Martin's.
Book Chapters
Kong, Tat Yan (2012) 'Neo-Liberal Restructuring in South Korea Before and After the Crisis.' In: Chang, Kyung-Sup and Fine, Ben and Weiss, Linda, (eds.), Developmental Politics in Transition: The Neoliberal Era and Beyond. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 235-253. (Macmillan IPE Series)
Kong, Tat Yan (2003) 'Politics, the State and Business in the Democratic Transition of South Korea'.' In: Amann, E and Chang, Ha-Joon, (eds.), Economic Crisis and Restructuring: Brazil and South Korea. London: ILAS, pp. 202-221.
Kong, Tat Yan (2002) 'Regime Change in South Korea.' In: Kim, Hyuk-Rae, (ed.), Korean Studies Forum. Seoul: Yonsei University Press, pp. 111-137.
Kong, Tat Yan (1997) 'Democratization and Its Aftermath: Transition and Continuity in South Korea.' In: Kim, Dae Hwan and Kong, Tat Yan, (eds.), The Korean Peninsula in Transition. Macmillan, pp. 91-115.
Kong, Tat Yan (1996) 'The Origins of Democratization and Economic Liberalization in South Korea.' In: Nonnemans, Gerd, (ed.), Economic and Political Liberalization: Linkages and Dynamics in International Comparative Perspective. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, pp. 229-244.
Articles
Kong, Tat Yan (2012) 'Cooperation in Unlikely Settings: The Rise of Cooperative Labor Relations Among Leading South Korean Firms.' Politics & Society, 40 (3). pp. 425-452.
Kong, Tat Yan (2011) 'Pathways to Cooperation: The Transformation of Labour Relations Among Leading South Korean Firms.' Economy & Society, 40 (1). pp. 56-83.
Kong, Tat Yan (2006) 'Globalization and Labour Market Reform: Patterns of Response in Northeast Asia.' British Journal of Political Science, 36 (2). pp. 359-383.
Kong, Tat Yan (2006) 'Labor and Globalization: Locating the Northeast Asian Newly Industrializing Countries.' Review of International Political Economy, 13 (1). pp. 103-28.
Kong, Tat Yan (2005) 'Labour and Neo-Liberal Globalization in South Korea and Taiwan.' Modern Asian Studies, 39 (1). pp. 163-198.
Kong, Tat Yan (2004) 'Corruption and the Effect of Regime Type: the Case of Taiwan.' New Political Economy, 9 (3). pp. 341-364.
Kong, Tat Yan (2004) 'Neo-Liberalization and Incorporation in Advanced Newly Industrialized Countries: A View from South Korea.' Political Studies, 52 (1). pp. 19-42.
Kong, Tat Yan (2000) 'Power Alternation in South Korea.' Government and Opposition, 35 (3). pp. 370-391.
Kong, Tat Yan (1996) 'Corruption and its Institutional Foundations: The Experience of South Korea.' Institute of Development Studies Bulletin, 7 (2). pp. 48-55.
Kong, Tat Yan (1995) 'From Relative Autonomy to Consensual Development: The Case of South Korea.' Political Studies, 43 (4). pp. 630-634.
Monographs
Kong, Tat Yan (2008) North Korea's Nuclear Capacity and the Path of Reform. Written Evidence for the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee Tenth Report, Global Security: Japan and Korea. Project Report. London: UK Parliament House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Kong, Tat Yan (2006) Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula: The North Korean Nuclear Issue. Written Evidence for the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee Seventh Report: East Asia, Vol. 2. Project Report. London: UK Parliament: House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affiars.
Audios
Kong, Tat Yan (2006) Rear Vision: North Korea. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [Audio]
