Assistant Professor Office: LT 305 Office hours as posted or by appointment. Email: yklee@binghamton.edu CURRICULUM VITAE

My primary research interest lies in the study of democratic politics with a special focus on understanding the processes and modes through which the socially disadvantaged actors gain, or fail to gain, democratic representation. As such, my research themes include labor politics, political parties, social movements, the relationship between democracy and growth, and the political economy of development. Currently I am working on three projects: (1) Democratic institutions and labor politics in East Asia, (2) The relationship between political parties and social movements in Asian democracies, and (3) Globalization, democracy, and migrant workers. Articles appeared in Studies in Comparative International Development, Critical Asian Studies, Korean Observer, Asian Survey, and Asia Pacific Forum. I teach courses on States and Markets in East Asia, Democratization in East Asia, The State and Labor in Asia, Korean Politics Through Cinema, and Social Research Methods. In Fall 2009, I am offering a graduate seminar on Democracy and Labor.

Recent Courses:

States & Markets In East Asia

Graduate Seminar on Democracy and Labor

Recent Publications:

2009 "Migration, Migrants, and Contested Ethno-Nationalism in Korea," Critical Asian Studies 40 (3)

2009 "Divergent Outcomes of Labor Reform Politics in Democratized Korea and Taiwan," Studies in Comparative International Development 44 (1)

2009 "Democracy without Parties? Political Parties and Social Movements for Democratic Representation in Korea," Korean Observer 40 (1)

2006 "Varieties of Labor Politics in Northeast Asian Democracies: Political Institutions and Union Activism in Korea and Taiwan," Asian Survey XLVI (5), September/October

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