Kim Sung-won

Associate professor in the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Meiji Gakuin University. Born in Seoul, South Korea. After earning a degree in social welfare at Yonsei University, completed his master’s and doctorate in sociology at the University of Tokyo. Held posts in the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Social Science and Tokyo Keizai University’s Faculty of Economics before taking his current position. Specializes in welfare sociology and comparative welfare state studies. His most recent book is Fukushi kokka no Nik-Kan hikaku: “Kōhatsukoku” ni okeru koyō hoshō, shakai hoshō (Comparing Welfare States in Japan and Korea: Employment and Social Security in “Late-Developing Nations”).

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Dec 15, 2016