COVID-19 crisis and crisis management in South Korea, 2020–2021

Thanks to its effective quarantine and disinfection practices, South Korea has responded relatively successfully to COVID-19. In addition to historical experience, this success could be attributed to the sacrifice of healthcare workers. Despite the country's success in controlling the spread of COVID-19, many socially underprivileged have suffered socioeconomic difficulties. Although South Korea has maintained a prosperous economy with sound fiscal management, budgetary allocations have been insufficient and countermeasures against the crisis were too strongly biased toward business interests. The economic bureaucrats who led these policy responses were preoccupied with revitalizing capital accumulation and fiscal soundness, and elected officials failed to control them. While the South Korean government has promoted ICT innovation and online platform development as new alternatives for the post-COVID-19 era, these are hardly solutions to existing problems, and a capitalist utilization of these alternatives will cause other problems. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Globalizations is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Time and environment: a bridge between past and present

This article critically analyzes and retraces some of the main turning points in the evolution of environmental law, from a domestic and international point of view, providing some references to sciences adjacent to legal science. The latest events marked by the Green New Deal and the NRRP, also dictated by the need to respond to the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, open scenarios for a new phase of environmental law, which may be re-founded in a non-more purely anthropocentric key. © 2023, Societa Editoriale Federalismi s.r.l.. All rights reserved.

Progressivism, Old and New: The Spiritual Moorings of Progressive Reforms.

With the tide of progressive reforms facing strong headwinds today, this essay offers a retrospective look at the progressive movement in the U.S.A. and reflects on the lessons to be learned from its triumphs and failures. The case is made that major advances in the progressive agenda came at historical junctions precipitated by dramatic events. The stretch between 1900 and 1920 saw the first wave of social reforms following the late nineteenth century recessions and upsurge in labor unrest. The New Deal took shape in the 1930s in the aftermath of the Great Depression. The Civil Rights movement burst onto the scene in the 1960s in the face of bitter attempts to shore up segregationist practices in southern states. And the 2020s spike in progressive activism gained momentum against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the January 6 Capitol riots. Special attention is paid to the interfaces between Social Gospel theology and efforts to ground progressive rhetoric in what John Dewey called "common faith," Robert Bellah "civil religion," and Richard Rorty "liberal pragmatism."

Green Growth and Digitalization of the Economy: CJ Group as a Paradigm of Sustainable Development A la Korean

In mid-2020, South Korea launched the New Deal policy, which seeks to position the country as a leader in matters of green growth and digitization of the economy along with facing the negative social consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. This public policy projected in five years resembles the five-year plans, where the State defined the course that the conglomerates of South Korean companies (chaebol) should take in the economy. This research is of a documentary type and reviews various bibliographic sources, including media analysis. Through a mixed approach of descriptive scope and case study method, we focus on the phenomenon of sustainable development in South Korea applied to CJ chaebol. The aim is to analyze the implications of the K-New Deal in green growth and digitization of the economy. We conclude that the K-New Deal can be a role model in the context of the digital economy in the post- Covid-19 era.

Biodiversity conservation in a post-COVID-19 economy

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic extend to global biodiversity and its conservation. Although short-term beneficial or adverse impacts on biodiversity have been widely discussed, there is less attention to the likely political and economic responses to the crisis and their implications for conservation. Here we describe four possible alternative future policy responses: (1) restoration of the previous economy, (2) removal of obstacles to economic growth, (3) green recovery and (4) transformative economic reconstruction. Each alternative offers opportunities and risks for conservation. They differ in the agents they emphasize to mobilize change (e.g. markets or states) and in the extent to which they prioritize or downplay the protection of nature. We analyse the advantages and disadvantages of these four options from a conservation perspective. We argue that the choice of post-COVID-19 recovery strategy has huge significance for the future of biodiversity, and that conservationists of all persuasions must not shrink from engagement in the debates to come.

South Korea and COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2021: Changes in Socioeconomic Parameters Reviewed

Introduction. The modern world is going through one of its most difficult periods in the history. The new virus, called COVID-19, was not at first perceived by the world community as a real threat that would fundamentally change the global way of life, making it reconsider the methods of implementing collective security and close borders. Many states had to isolate not only at the international level, but also had to close their regions to reduce the number of the infected. This led to disruptions of transport, logistics and socio-economic ties and resulted in a most unusual situation — the global isolation of states. Every state had to build their own tactics and strategies for overcoming the crisis. In this respect, the case of the Republic of Korea is of particular interest. The article aims to analyze the situation with COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea in 2020–2021 and measures taken by the Republic’s government to combat the spread of COVID-19 and reduce negative trends. The study focuses on the key characteristics of these methods and their effectiveness. The research materials were based on the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Korea, the Korea Export-Import Bank, the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), the Trade Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Mongolia (KOTRA), and of such international organizations as the WTO, OECD, and IMF. The study employed general scientific (analysis, synthesis) and historical methods proper — retrospective, comparative, and structural. Results. The article indicates that despite some decline in general economic performance, the Republic of Korea was able to adapt to the new conditions caused by the coronavirus infection. The crisis was largely overcome thanks to organizing, among other things, a system of public-private partnership in the field of diagnostics, prevention, and treatment of the infected. Analysis of the set of measures taken by the Republic’s government, as well as of the official statistics, allows to identify the main trends in the development of the socioeconomic sphere in the past two years of the pandemic. By way of concluding, it may be pointed out that the case of the Republic of Korea, with the tactics of its government and the social experience accumulated, is of significant relevance for other states in their efforts to combat the coronavirus and its social consequences, granted that the world community has to develop optimal strategies to overcome the pandemic. © KalmSC RAS, 2021 © Aktamov I. G., Grigoreva Y. G., 2021

Town, Country and Wilderness: Planning the Half-Earth

Theorists of Half-Earth Socialism Troy Vettese, Drew Pendergrass and Filip Mesko explain their global societal vision and explore how eco-socialist planning can create a just and sustainable society. They argue that the problem of land scarcity is an opportunity to erode the separation of city and country, while vast swathes of the world could be rewilded.

Design Perspectives from the Global South: The Case of Mexico

Guest-Editor of this AD and Director of the Architectural Association (AA) Ground Lab in London, Jose Alfredo Ramirez recognises that the Green New Deal is predicated on the success of previous, historical economic stimulus packages in the Global North. Here he calls for the inclusion of Global South perspectives, using Mexico as a case study.

Making Space for Green Work

As an architect and urban designer, and a co-director of think tank Autonomy UK, Julian Siravo asks some fundamental questions about our everyday life. What, for example, is 'green' work, what is a 'green' commute, what is a 'green' office, and is care work 'green'? Do we need a radical shift in the way we conduct our lives and manage the economies that sustain us? Here he speculates on such a future.

Crises and Contestations: The Promise and Peril of Designing a Green New Deal

It is clear that we are facing a tipping point in global politics, climate change and social justice. Much has been trumpeted under the banner of the 'Green New Deal'. Billy Fleming, the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L McHarg Center at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, describes the history and various approaches encompassed within this ubiquitous epithet and how designers can get involved.

Visualising a Transformative Space that Puts People and Climate First

Miriam Brett, Director of Research and Advocacy at London-based think tank Common Wealth, believes the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed numerous inequalities in our societies. Common Wealth engages in projects that seek to replace these inequalities with sustainable, equitable and remodelled economic frameworks on which our cities and landscapes can be rebuilt. Here she describes a recent scheme where Green New Deal policies are implemented in Glasgow.

Discourse of the Post-COVID 19 New Deal in South Korea.

In July 2020, the South Korean government announced a 5-year, post-pandemic plan. This purportedly proactive policy aimed to advance digital and green industries to lay the groundwork for the post-pandemic era. This article examines the South Korean government's early proposal of a post-pandemic policy, titled the Korean New Deal, in order to explore how the pandemic crisis may affect the policymakers' envisioning of the post-crisis society. Moreover, the study examines how this early predictive plan may reveal the ways in which the pandemic is utilized for discursive politics. Drawing on the critical discourse analysis of policy documents and news coverage, this article questions how the "old" language of the developmental state is incorporated into the "new" policy. The study also shows how COVID-19's impacts and uncertainties are translated into political discourses.

Recovering Better from COVID-19 Will Need a Rethink of Multilateralism.

The world economy is experiencing a deep recession amid a still unchecked pandemic. But the commitment to recovering better will not materialize if, as happened after the global financial crisis, the advanced economies resort to a policy mix of austerity, liberalization and quantitative easing. Such an approach will only worsen a whole set of pre-existing conditions and in particular, high inequality, excessive debt (both public and private and weak investment-that will lead to a lost decade, particularly for developing countries. What is needed instead is an expansionary plan for global recovery, that can credibly return even the most vulnerable countries to a stronger position than before the crisis. This paper sets out some of the key elements of such a plan and argues that its implementation will require systematic reforms to the multilateral trade and financial system if a more resilient recovery is to turn into a sustainable and inclusive future.

Greening the Post-pandemic Recovery in the G20.

Rebuilding G20 economies after the COVID-19 pandemic requires rethinking what type of economy we need and want in the future. Simply reviving the existing 'brown' economy will exacerbate irreversible climate change and other environmental risks. For G20 economies, investing in a workable and affordable green transition is essential. A good place to start is learning what worked and what did not from previous efforts to green the economic recovery during the 2008-2009 Great Recession, examining the cases of the United States and South Korea. Policies for a sustained economic recovery amount to much more than just short-term fiscal stimulus. Transitioning from fossil fuels to a sustainable low-carbon economy will require long-term commitments (5-10 years) of public spending and pricing reforms. The priorities for public spending include support for private sector green innovation and infrastructure, development of smart grids, transport systems, charging station networks, and sustainable cities. Pricing carbon and pollution, and removing fossil-fuel subsidies, can accelerate the transition, raise revenues for the necessary public investments, and lower the overall cost of the green transition.