Yung C. Lee

Yung C. Lee will join the Kellogg Institute as a Visiting Fellow for the fall 2007semester to pursue his research on the changing roles of labor unions in Korea after democratization. He joins Kellogg from Jeonnam National University, where he is an Associate Professor of Public Administration.

Lee’s primary interests are democratization and labor policy. He plans to examine the conservative turn of Korean labor unions following democratization, pursuing questions of both cause and effect. In order to put his research on Korea in a broader context, Lee will develop a comparative perspective with the aim of contributing to the democratization and consolidation literature. Lee’s long-term research agenda involves considering the role of labor unions in democratic consolidation and in the reform of welfare regimes.

Lee has served on the Editorial Board of the Korean Policy Studies Review, as well as the Editorial Board of the Journal of Governmental Studies, among others. Selected publications include: Educational Policy: Why Does It Change So Frequently: Organized Anarchy and Garbage Can Model (Baeksan, 2001); Co-author, Introduction to Labor Administration (Hyungseol, 2003). Lee has published numerous articles on the government in Korea.

Lee holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame.