SOAS University of London

Department of Politics and International Studies

Tat Yan Kong

BA (Newcastle) MPhil DPhil (Oxon)
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Overview

Tat Yan Kong
Department of Politics and International Studies

Programme Convenor- State, Society and Development

London Asia Pacific Centre for Social Science

Steering Committee Member, Co-Director

SOAS China Institute

Academic Staff, SOAS China Institute

Centre of Korean Studies

Academic Staff, Centre of Korean Studies

Name:
Dr Tat Yan Kong
Email address:
Telephone:
+44(0) 20 7898 4743
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+44(0) 20 7898 4759
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SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:
206
Office Hours:
Term 1: Thursdays 1 - 3
On Sabbatical:
Term 2 2016/17

Biography

Tat Yan Kong (BA Newcastle upon Tyne, MPhil and DPhil Oxford) is Reader in Comparative Politics & Development Studies at SOAS, University of London and Co-Director of the London Asia Pacific Centre for Social Science.

His research focuses on comparative political economy (models of development, varieties of capitalism, socialist to market transitions) with particular reference to East Asia. He is also interested in security issues on the Korean Peninsula.

He is the author of The Politics of Economic Reform in South Korea: A Fragile Miracle (London and New York: Routledge, 2000).  His other publications include articles in journals such as Political Studies, British Journal of Political Science, Economy & Society, Politics & Society, Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy, and The Pacific Review.

Dr Kong served as the Head of the Department of Politics & International Studies at SOAS (2006-10). He has also given evidence on East Asian affairs to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. He welcomes PhD applications in the comparative politics, international politics and political economy of East Asia (especially applications with reference to the Korean Peninsula).

Teaching

Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
PhD Students supervised
  • Hyun Jung Lim,
  • Shijin Shin, China’s Soft Power and Strategies: A Case Study of China-South Korea Relations
  • Sirada Khemanitthathai, Emigration State in Transition: Myanmar and the utilisation of emigration as a foreign policy instrument
  • Zie Eun Yang, Asymmetries in ROK-Japan relations [working title]

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

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Authored Books

Kong, Tat Yan (2000) The Politics of Economic Reform in South Korea. A Fragile Miracle. London: Routledge.

Edited Books or Journal Volumes

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. Basingstoke: Palgrave 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 (2017) 'China's Engagement-Orientated Strategy Towards North Korea: Achievements and Limitations.' The Pacific Review. pp. 1-20.

Kong, Tat Yan (2014) 'The Political Obstacles to economic Reform in North Korea: The Ultra Cautious Strategy in Comparative Perspective.' The Pacific Review, 27 (1). pp. 73-96.

Kong, Tat Yan (2013) 'From Late-Industrialisation to Globalisation: The Hybridisation of Labour Relations Among Leading South Korean Firms.' New Political Economy, 18 (5). pp. 625-652.

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. 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. London: UK Parliament: House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affiars.

Audios

Kong, Tat Yan (2013) Rear Vision. North Korea: The History of Its Relationship with the US and with Nuclear Weapons. Australia Broadcasting Corporation. [Audio]

Kong, Tat Yan (2006) Rear Vision: North Korea. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [Audio]

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