The evolution of korean foreign labor policies in the global context: Toward the politics of societal (in) security?

Korea Observer

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-336

  Lee, Yong Wook ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Culture; Economic interests; Foreign labor; Human rights; Identity; Nationalism; Societal (in) security

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349274239     PISSN: 00233919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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