I am Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Korea University. My research and teaching interests are in care ethics, justice theory, feminist theory, and normative policy analysis. My articles appeared in various journals including Critical Social Policy, Journal of Social Philosophy, Public Affairs Quarterly, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, International Journal of Care and Caring, Ethics and Social Welfare, and Women’s Studies International Forum.

Recently my new book, Caring Democratic State (2022), has been published. Caring Democratic State explores the philosophical background and the normative justification of a caring state and its institutional and policy design. It covers topics including the definition of a caring state, the political theory of care ethics, the comparison of caring state with welfare state, care as a constitutional value and the shared public responsibility for care.

 

I also published Normative Policy Analysis (2016), which examines various public policies from a philosophical perspective. Normative Policy Analysis won the best academic book award of 2017 by the National Academy of Science.

 

In 2018, I co-edited a book, Care & Fairness, which is a collection of essays on the theory and practice of care ethics and legal fairness. In addition, I have co-authored a number of books. A co-authored book, Critiques of Korean Multiculturalism (2016), which addresses the multicultural influence on Korean society and the critique against it, won the best book award of 2017 by the Seojong Books. Another co-authored book, Crisis and Vision of Contemporary Political Theory (2020) addresses the ideas of contemporary political theorists including Iris Young’s theory of justice and democracy.

 

In addition, I have translated six books on care ethics and democracy into Korean.

- Joan Tronto’s Caring Democracy

- Eva Kittay’s Love's Labor

- Virginia Held’s The Ethics of Care

- Daniel Engster’s The Heart of Justice 

- Maxine Eichner's The Supportive State (forthcoming)

- Iris Marion Young's Inclusion and Democracy

 

Hee-Kang Kim's CV

Hee-Kang Kim's Google Scholar Citations

Position

• - Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2018-present
• - Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2013–February 2018
• - Head Professor, Urban and Regional Public Administration Major, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Korea University, February 2013–January 2015
• - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2009–February 2012
• - Research Professor, Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, December 2005– February 2009
• - Lecturer, University of Chicago, 2004, 2005
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Education

• - Ph. D. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 2005
  (Dissertation: “Women’s Luck? Women’s Choice? Toward a Feminist Theory of Equality,” Iris Marion Young, Chair)
• - M.A. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 1999
• - B.A. with Honors in Political Science & International Relations, Ewha Womans University, 1996
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Award, Honors & Grants

• - Best Academic Book Awarded by National Academic of Science, 2017.
• - Best Academic Book Awarded by Seojong Book, 2017.
• - Jin Ri Scholarship Program Manager, A Research Program on the Governmental Theories for Future Scholars, Korea University, November 2016-January 2017.
• - Korea Journal Award, Best Article in Social Sciences, Korea Journal, Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Oct. 16 2015.
• - Research Grants for Senior Scholars in Humanities and Social Science, “Women’s Migration to Sex Industries and the Global Division of Reproductive Labor: A Perspective of Global Gender Justice,” National Research Foundation of Korea, Project Leader, $40,000, May 2014-April 2016.
• - Excellent Teaching Award, Korea University, Spring/Fall 2012, Spring/Fall 2013, Spring 2010.
• - Research Grants, “Establishing Sustainable Development Goals,” Presidential Committee on Green Growth, Project Leader, $20,000, September 2012-December 2012.
• - Seoktop Teaching Award, Korea University, Fall 2011.
• - Research Grants for Junior Scholars in Humanities and Social Science, “Gendered Migration and Global Justice,” National Research - Foundation of Korea, Project Leader, $30,000, May 2011-April 2013.
• - Best Researcher, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, 2009.
• - Uam Academic Award (Social Science Division), American Studies Association of Korea, 2008.
• - Dissertation Teaching and Research Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2004-05.
• - Dissertation Grant in Women’s Studies, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2004.
• - Center for Gender Studies Office Fellowship (CGS Fellow), Center for Gender Studies, University of Chicago, 2004-05, 2002-03.
• - Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship, University of Chicago, Summer 2004.
• - Grodzins Lectureship Prize, University of Chicago, 2003-04.
• - Korean Honor Scholarship, Korean Embassy at Washington D.C., 2002-03.
• - Graduate Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1999-2001.
• - Residential Fellowship, International House of the University of Chicago, 1999-2000.
• - Excellent Junior Student, Ewha Womans University, 1995.
• - Undergraduate Honor Scholarship, Ewha Womans University, 1995-96.

Books

• -  Caring Democratic State (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2022) [in Korean].

• -  Crisis and Vision of Contemporary Politics (Seoul: Acarnet, 2020, co-authored) [in Korean].

• -  Care & Fairness (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2018, co-edited). [in Korean]
• -  Normative Policy Analysis (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2016). [in Korean] *Best Academic Book Awarded by the National Academic of Science in 2017
• -  Critiques of Korean Multiculturalism (Seoul: LP Press, 2016, co-authored). [in Korean] *Best Academic Book Awarded by the Seojong Books in 2017
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Book Translations

• -  Dolbom Jiwon Kukgwa (Seoul: Partyoungsa, 2022, co-translated) [Maxine Eichner, The Supportive Sate (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)]. Forthcoming.  

• -  Poyonggwa Minjujuii (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2020, co-translated) [Iris Marion Young, Inclusion and Democracy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)].

• -  Dolbom: Jeonguiui simjang (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2017, co-translated) [Daniel Engster, The Heart of Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)].
• -  Dolbom: Dolbumyunli (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2017, co-translated) [Virginia Held,The Ethics of Care (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)].
• -  Dolbom: Sarangui nodong (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2016, co-translated) [Eva Feder Kittay, Love’s Labor (New York: Routledge, 1999)].
• -  Dolbom minjujuui (Seoul: Aporia Books, 2014, co-translated) [Joan C. Tronto, Caring Democracy (New York: NYU Press, 2013)].
• -  Gongdongche (Seoul: A-Books, 2010, co-translated) [Gerald Delanty, Community (London: Routledge, 2003)].
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Journal Articles & Chapters 

• [In English] 
• - “Does a Strong LTC System Benefit Societal Well-being?” in Why Investing in Long-term Care Makes Sense (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022). 
• - “The Basic Income and Care Ethics,” Journal of Social Philosophy Vol. 52, No. 3 (August 2021): 328-343.
• -  "Care Ethics as a Challenge to the Structural Oppression Surrounding Care," Ethics and Social Welfare Vol. 15, No. 2 (June 2021): 151-166.
• -  “A Caring Welfare State in South Korea: Challenges and Prospects,” International Journal of Care and Caring Vol. 2, No. 3 (August 2018):  333-348. *Selected as the Editor’s Choice
• -  “Is the Long-Term Care Insurance in South Korea a Socialising Care Policy?” Critical Social Policy Vol. 36, No.4 (November 2016): 1-19.
• -  “Feminism, Nationalism, and Beyond: A Note on the Comfort Women Movement,” New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 17, No. 1 (June 2015): 1-20.
• -  “Western Feminism and Korean Feminism,” in Jung In Kang (ed.), Contemporary Korean Political Thought (Lanham, Maryland: Lextington Books, 2014).
• -  “Feminization of Migration and Global Gender Injustice,” OUGHTOPIA: The Journal of Social Paradigm Studies Vol. 29, No. 2 (November 2014): 5-32.
• -  “Revisiting the Constitutionality of Voting Rights of Overseas Koreans,” Korea Journal Vol. 54, No. 1 (March 2014): 5-29. Co-authored with Hyun Im.
• -  “Marriage Migration between South Korea and Vietnam: A Gender Perspective,” Asian Perspective Vol. 36, No. 6 (September 2012): 531-563.
• -  “The Comfort Women System and Women’s International Human Rights,” Korea Observer Vol. 43, No. 2 (Summer 2012): 175-208.
• -  “Luck and the Gendered Social Structure,” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy Vol. 31, No. 1 (January-March 2010): 67-92.
• -  “Analyzing the Gender Division of Labor: The Cases of the U. S. and South Korea,” Asian Perspective Vol. 33, No. 2 (June 2009): 181-229.
• -  “Should Feminism Transcend Nationalism? A Defense of Feminist Nationalism in South Korea,” Women's Studies International Forum Vol. 32, No. 2 (May 2009): 108-119.
• -  “What Should a Good Feminist Theory of Equality Be? A Critique of Ronald Dworkin,” Korean Journal of International Studies Vol. 47, No. 5 (December 2007): 59-77.
• -  “Locating Feminism beyond Culture and Gender: A Case of the Family-head System in South Korea,” Discourse 201 Vol. 10, No. 1 (May 2007): 245-290. Reprinted in Andrew Eungi Kim (ed.), Contemporary Korean Society: An Introduction (Seoul: Korea University Press, 2017) and also in Sungmoon Kim (ed.), Confucianism, Law, and Politics in South Korea (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015).
• -  “Equality as an Evaluation of Social Relations,” Public Affairs Quarterly Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 2006): 313-328.
• -  “On Liberal Nationalism,” Korean Journal of Public Policy Vol. 19 (December 2005): 43-59.

 

[In Korean]

• - "Care and Welfare," Governmental Studies Vol. 27, No. 1 (Sept. 2021): 35-62.

• - “COVID-19, Care Injustice and Care-inclusive State,” Korean Public Administration Review Vol. 55, Vol. 2 (June 2021). Co-authored with Sunkyoung Park.

  -  “Public Perception on the Public Value of Care and State Roles for Care Justice during the COVID-19 Crisis,” Korea and International Society Vol. 37, No. 1 (Spring 2021): 117-152. Co-authored with Sunkyoung Park.

  -  “Caring Democracy: Beyond Liberal and Social Democracies,” Korean Women’s Studies Vol. 36, No. 1 (March 2020): 59-93.

  -  “Examining Dual Poverty Studies From the Perspective of Care,” Korean Social Policy Vol. 26, No. 1 (March 2019): 35-59. Co-authored with Youngmin Shin.

• -  “The Rights of Migrant Workers: Beyond the Dichotomy of Human Rights and State Sovereignty,” Legal Studies Vol. 42, No. 4 (December 2019): 133-175. Co-authored with Hyun Im.
• -  “Carism: Care as a Political Theory,” in Hee-Kang Kim & Hyun Im (eds.), Care & Fairness (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2018).
• -  “Care as a Constitutional Value,” Korean Social Policy Vol. 25, No. 2 (June 2018): 3-29
• -  “Care and Political Theory without Care,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 52, No. 2 (June 2018): 203-224.
• -  “Public Policy for Migrant Women in Sex/Entertaining Industries,” Multiculture & Peace Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 2017): 83-112. Co-authored with Hyung Joo Song.
• -  “Women’s International Migration to Sex/Entertaining Industries,” Gender & Culture Vol. 10, No. 1 (June 2017): 45-61. Co-authored with Hyung Joo Song.
• -  “Analysis of the UN sustainable Development Goals Using Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach,” Korean Public Administration Review Vol. 50, No. 3 (September 2016): 35-63. Co-authored with E Sol Cho.
• -  “The Caring State: A New Vision of Welfare State,” Governmental Studies Vol. 22, No. 1 (April 2016): 1-26.
• -  “Why Should Refugees Be Protected?” Discourse 201 Vol. 18, No. 3 (August 2015): 5-33.
• -  “Immigration Policy in the Era of Multiculturalism: Policy Directions for Permanent Residency System,” Korea Public Administration Review Vol. 49, No. 1 (March 2015): 223-244. Co-authored with Ji Hye Ryu.
• -  “John Rawls’s ‘Human Rights’ and Humanitarian Intervention Policy,” Discourse 201 Vol. 18, No. 1 (February 2015): 69-100. Co-authored with Yoo Jin Choi.
• -  “Green Aid Policy and Democracy,” Journal of Peace Studies Vol. 15, No. 3 (Semptember 2014): 63-89. Co-authored with Bobae Jeong.
• -  “Paradox of Multiculturalism,” Discourse 201 Vol. 16, No. 4 (November 2013): 67-95.
• -  “Just Wage, Just Society: Notes on a Normative Justification of Comparable Worth,” 21st Century Political Science Review Vol. 22, No. 1 (May 2012): 23-45.
• -  “Foreign Aid Policies, What are they Problematic? On Thomas Pogge’s Theory of Global Justice,” OUGHTOPIA: The Journal of Social Paradigm Studies Vol. 27, No. 1 (May 2012): 67-98. Co-authored with Bobae Jeong.
• -  “Quality of Government and Impartiality,” Journal of Governmental Studies Vol. 17, No. 3 (December 2011): 3-18.
• -  “A Public Ethic of Care: Eva Kittay and the ‘Care Aid Program to Families with Disabled Children’ in South Korea,’” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 44, No. 4 (December 2010): 45-72. Co-authored with Moon Sun Kang.
• -  “Japanese ‘Comfort Women’ and Responsibility,” Asian Studies Vol. 53, No. 3 (September 2010): 79-108.
• -  “Publicity, Social Groups, and Deliberative Democracy,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 44, No. 2 (June 2010): 5-27.
• -  “Public Policy, Social Justice, and Normative Theory,” in Chong-Min Park and Moo-Kwon Chung (eds.), Current Issues in Korean Administration (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2009).
• -  “Dilemmas of Women’s Human Rights,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 43, No. 4 (December 2009): 99-124.
• -  “Is Polygamy Patriarchal? On the Mormon’s Polygamy Debate in the United States, 1862-1890,” Korean Political Science Association Vol. 42, No. 3 (September 2008): 99-120.
• -  “Minority Politics in U.S.,” in Association for Studies of American Politics (ed.), U.S. Politics and Government (Seoul: Myunginmoonhwasa, 2008).
• -  “2007 US Immigration Reform: Process, Implication, and Pluralism in U.S. ” American Studies Vol. 39, No. 3(December 2007): 139-172. Co-authored with Sung-jin Yoo and Byong-Kwon Sohn.
• -  “American Republicanism in John Adams’s Defence,” Korean Political Science Review Vo. 41, No. 1 (March 2007): 211-234.
• -  “A Feminist Critique of the Luck Egalitarian Concept of Autonomy,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 41, No. 3 (September 2006): 79-101.
• -  “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Their Implications to Korean Feminist Scholarship in the Global Context” 21st Century Political Science Review Vol. 16, No. 2 (September 2006): 27-50; Reprinted in Korean Political Science Association (ed.), Development of Contemporary Political Theories (Goyang: Ingansarang, 2006).
• -  “The Philosophical Origins of the Declaration of Independence and Jeffersonian Republicanism,” Korean Journal of International Studies Vol. 46, No. 2 (June 2006): 121-144.
• -  “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Their Implications to Korean Feminist Scholarship in the Global Context” in Korean Political Science Association (ed)., Development of Contemporary Political Theories (Goyang: Ingansarang, 2006).

Research and Teaching Interests

 

- Public Philosophy (Social Justice, Global Justice)

- Caring State and Care Ethics

- Normative Policy Analysis

- Feminist Theory & Policy

- Minority Politics & Policy

- (Im)Migration

Courses Taught

 

- Graduate level:

Public Philosophy, Normative Policy Analysis, Global Justice, Multiculturalism: Theory and Policy,

 

- Undergraduate level:

Public Philosophy and Ethics, Normative Analysis of Public Policy, Feminism