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Korean Journal of Policy Studies
Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University

Korean J. Policy Stud. 2010; 25(3):147-172

pISSN: 1225-5017, eISSN: 2765-2807

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52372/kjps25308

Article

The Developmental Welfare State and Social Policy: Shifting From Basic to Universal Social Protection*

Michael Dostal Jörg1
1Jörg Michael Dostal is Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, Korea. His research interests include comparative politics, global social policy, and the role of knowledge and expertise in the policy process. E-mail: jmdostal@snu.ac.kr.

© Copyright 2010 Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Oct 10, 2010; Revised: Oct 23, 2010; Revised: Dec 06, 2010; Accepted: Dec 13, 2010

Published Online: Dec 31, 2010

Abstract

Most people would agree that developing countries should advance from basic, informal, and insecure welfare provision toward universal, formal, and secure welfare regimes. This article examines how analytical concepts of developmental statehood and developmental welfare statehood might be applied to this issue. In particular, how is it possible to combine economic and social development objectives in a mutually beneficial manner? The article reviews the history of both concepts and some of their shortcomings; examines policy features of developmental (welfare) statehood, focusing on the examples of South Korea and four other countries that have frequently been referred to as “East Asian welfare regimes”; and explores some policy options for developing countries seeking to expand their economic and social policy-making capabilities.

Keywords: developmental state; developmental welfare state; social security; East Asian welfare regime; Korea