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Yun-Tae Kim
Personal details
Political partyMinjoo Party of Korea
Occupationprofessor

Kim Yun-Tae (Korean김윤태; born 3 July 1965) is a South Korean academic and politician.[1][2] He is a member of the Minjoo Party of Korea, and is currently a professor, Department of Sociology, and Department of Social Welfare, Korea University. A sociologist, Kim is an active social welfare advocate. He has written academic and popular works regarding social issues, welfare, and politics in Korea. In 1986, Kim, as a president of student association in Korea University, contributed to university students' democratic movement and served a prison sentence of two years and six months.[3]

He studied at University of Cambridge and later received PhD from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Following the creation of the Millennium Democratic Party, Kim served as a vice-chair of policy committee. He later served as the 13th Speaker of the National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea under President Kim Dae-jung.[4] In March 2016, Kim announced his candidacy for the National Assembly in Gunsan, but was ultimately unsuccessful in the April parliamentary election.

Education

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Career

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  • Professor, Department of Sociology and Department of Social Welfare, Korea University
  • Director of Social Policy Research Center in the Public Policy Research Institute, Korea University
  • Vice-chair of Policy Committee, the Minjoo Party of Korea
  • The 13th Librarian of the National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea
  • Vice-President of Korean Association of Social Welfare Policy
  • Advisor of Social welfare in People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (Non-profit organisation)
  • Director of Korea Society Opinion Institute National Assembly Policy Research Associate
  • Vice-Chair of policy committee, Millennium Democratic Party
  • President of Student Association, Korea University (democratisation movement activist in prison for 30 months)

Publications

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  • Human and societal collapse (2015) ISBN 9788961472135
  • Korean politics: Where is it heading? (2014) (Co-author) ISBN 9788946056916
  • Poverty: How to Fight (2013) ISBN 9788946055599
  • Introduction to Sociology for New Generation (2012) ISBN 9788958624608
  • A Happier Society for My Children (2012) – Co-author ISBN 9788996877738
  • Korean Chaebol and a Developing Country (2012) ISBN 9788946046290
  • Sociology for Everyone (2011) ISBN 9788958624417
  • Welfare State (2010) Co-author ISBN 8946053135
  • A New Way of the Progress (2009), Co-author ISBN 9788946051232
  • Eleven thoughts about Creativity (2009), Co-author ISBN 9788976416919
  • Bureaucrats and Entrepreneurs: The State and the Chaebol in Korea (2008) ISBN 9788988095324
  • The Social Economy and Social Enterprises: Korean Seek Social Work and Social Services (2007) Co-author ISBN 9788944803031
  • Beyond the Free Market (2007) ISBN 8946038152
  • World History for the Educated Citizen (2007) ISBN 9788991221871
  • In an Era of Soft Power (2003) ISBN 8981202451
  • Wind of Change (2001), ISBN 8981201897, 9788981201890
  • Chaebol and Power (2000), ISBN 8981201617, 9788981201616
  • The Third Way: Tony Blair and the Britain's Choice, (1999), ISBN 8981201501
  • Globalization and the Nation State: The Case of South Korea International Area Studies Review September 1999 2:3–21, doi:10.1177/223386599900200201
  • Neoliberalism and the decline of the developmental state (1999): Journal of Contemporary Asia, volume 29, Issue 4, 441–461, doi:10.1080/00472339980000231

References

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  1. ^ Go Seok-jong (고석중) (18 March 2016). =더민주 군산지역구 김윤태 교수 전략공천. Newsis. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. ^ Choe Yeong-so (최영수) (21 March 2016). '전략공천' 김윤태 고려대 교수, 군산시 총선 출마 선언. Yonhap. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ^ Jo Dong-jun (조동준) (12 March 2002). 군산 정가...386 정치인 핵심 부상. OhmyNews. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ^ Kim Sang-so (김상수) (16 June 2008). 김윤태 고려대 교수...더욱 발전하는 군산, 살기 좋은 군산 만들기 진력. Daily Jenbuk. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ^ Kim Jae-su (김재수) (21 March 2016). 김윤태 후보 '상처 입은 군산 자존심 세우겠다'. news 1. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Naver biographical dictionary". Retrieved 4 April 2016.[dead link]