Edited from papers originally presented at World Congress for Korean Studies held Aug. 23-25, 2007 in Busan, organized by the Korean Political Science Association.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Korean Studies in the United States : a comparative perspective from Berkeley / T. J. Pempel -- Tocqueville and transitions to democracy : West and East / Cheryl B. Welch -- The Internet and politics : South Korea in comparative perspective / Heike Hermanns -- History as a strategic weapon : the Korean and Chinese struggle over Koguryo / Terence Roehrig -- Interpreting Wangjing : ordinary foreigners in a globalizing town / Jung Min Seo -- Rawls's justice encounters the Korean I-Ching / Dong Jin Jang -- National identity and overseas Korean art exhibitions : from 1945 to the early 2000s / En Young Ahn