Gil-Sung Park
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Gil-Sung Park (Hangul: 박길성, born May 9, 1957 in Myungju, Gangwon-do, Korea) is a prominent Korean sociologist.
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[edit] Biography
Park took a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Korea University, followed by a Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. In 1992, he started working at Korea University where he taught economic sociology, information sociology and sociology of world society, and was promoted to a full professorship in 2000. He held numerous important positions including a member of Presidential Advisory Committee of Aging and Future Society and Chair of Korea Comparative Sociology Association. He was a visiting scholar at Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and was a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Now Park is a professor in Department of Sociology, Korea University and an adjunct professor, Utah State University.
[edit] Bibliography
- Park, Gil-Sung, Yong Suk Jang, and Hang-Young Lee (2007) “Global and Local Interplay: Korea’s Globalization Revisited.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology 48(4): 337-353.
- Gil-Sung Park and Tackmeon Lee (2007) Understanding Theories in Economic Sociology. Seoul: Namam Publishing House.
- Gil-Sung Park (2003) Restructuring of Korean Society: Forced Adjustments and Contentious Coordinations. Seoul: Korea University Press.
[edit] See also
- List of sociologists
- Economic sociology
- Yong Suk Jang
- List of University of Wisconsin-Madison people
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| NAME | Park Gil-Sung |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Korean sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Myungju, Korea |
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