Events
Civic Activism in South Korea: the Intertwining of Democracy & Neoliberalism
Sep. 27, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Location:
Class of 1951 Reading Room, Main Library
A Book Talk by Professor of Sociology Seungsook Moon
During this talk, Professor Moon will discuss her new book that illuminates complex ways in which neoliberalism simultaneously undermines and enables democracy in South Korea. The book demonstrates these contradictory interactions by focusing on three different types of “citizens’ organizations” This case study has global implications for how to assess our daily lives and how to envision a better world.
Please join us to explore and socialize. The talk will be followed by a reception with good food.
Sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty Office, Department of Sociology, Asian Studies Program, and Vassar College Libraries.
Campus community only, please.