Newcomers and Global Migration in Contemporary South Korea

Sung-Choon Park teaches sociology at New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York. He is the author of Korean International Students and the Making of Racialized Transnational Elites.Joong-Hwan Oh is professor of sociology at Hunter College of The City University of New York.

This volume is a welcome addition to the growing literature on multiculturalism in South Korea. Comprehensive in scope, the chapters reflect the diverse scholarship that was until now only available to a Korean audience. This volume is essential reading for any student of globalization, immigration, and demographic change.

• Part I: New Migration Regime in South KoreaChapter 1: Multiculturalism as a Political Project for a New Korean Nation-Building: Explaining the Political Consensus on Multiculturalism PolicyMi-Kyung KimChapter 2: Explaining South Korea’s Diaspora Engagement PoliciesTimothy C. Lim and Dong-Hoon SeolChapter 3: Globalization and Language Education: English Village in South KoreaJamie Shinhee LeePart II: Return Migrants from Uneven and Unequal Korean DiasporaChapter 4: Hierarchical Citizenship in Perspective: South Korea’s Korean ChineseWoo ParkChapter 5: A Research on Social and Self Perspective towards Highly Educated Korean Returnees Focusing on Business ContextKeunsun YouChapter 6: Acquiring Higher Education Credentials at Home: Korean Student Return Migrants from Latin AmericaJin Suk BaePart III: Labor Migration from the Global North & SouthChapter 7: Living as Foreign Scientists: Stories of Nineteen Expatriate Professors in South Korea.Hyung Wook ParkChapter 8: Creating Hidd