Min Hee Go

The uneven distribution of urban services has been the subject of debate in the urban studies literature, and yet no consensus has been reached upon its determinants. This article reexamines this puzzle by looking at variation in post-Hurricane Katrina building permit issuance in New Orleans. Focusing on the potential effect of civic competence on urban service delivery patterns, I test a hypothesis that the number of building permits and the speed of permit issuance are positively associated wi

Although existing studies uncovered how controversial policies are adopted across American States, little is known as to how regulatory policies are diffused that are technically complex and yet have low political salience. Drawing on existing theories of policy adoption and diffusion, this article identifies the determinants of building code mandates in U.S. state governments. Using original data from state legislatures and administrative agencies from 1980 to 2006, this article finds that both

Purpose – This study seeks to identify the factors that made Hurricane Katrina the worst disaster in American history. Although the inefficiency of the centralized government is often cited as the primary reason for failure in disaster mitigation and recovery, more fundamental reasons are left unexplored.Design/methodology/approach – This study points out that comparative case analysis is inadequate to substantiate the claim that private actors are better responders to disaster than public agent

Abstract Throughout the twentieth century, Taiwan and South Korea underwent rapid economic development and successfully democratized without reversal to authoritarianism. Despite their similar trajectories, the two countries diverge significantly in political and public support for gender equality. Taiwan is widely seen as the most gender-equal country in Asia, while South Korea remains deeply polarized, with uneven progress in women’s representation. What accounts for this divergence between tw

This manuscript reviews Paul Peterson’s new book, Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning. It summarizes main points of the book and offers some thoughts on the vailidity of Peterson’s argument, and concludes with potential questions that will inspire further researchers on education policy.

This paper explores the saliency of ethnic markers for those who are formally incorporated in the electoral process. In this paper, I examine whether voters with distinctively ethnic names show different participatory patterns than voters with Anglicized names. Drawing on a unique dataset of over 50,000 Asian American registered voters in New York City, I find that name Anglicization has a significant association with their political engagement. Not only do voters with Anglicized names tend to v

In this article, I investigate the long-term consequences of community civic structure on postdisaster recovery. Tracing various signs of recovery after Hurricane Katrina, I find that community civic structure is associated with deepening, rather than reducing, spatial inequality in New Orleans and report 3 findings. First, community civic structure contributes far more to repopulating communities on higher ground than low-lying neighborhoods. Second, despite the similar level of civic resources

Does police performance affect mayoral approval? Do citizens hold mayors accountable when they are dissatisfied with the police? Despite the established body of research on executive approval, little is known about how public opinion on a particular bureaucratic branch – police department in this case – affects mayoral approval ratings. On the one hand, the performance model of mayoral approval suggests that positive evaluation of police performance tends to boost mayoral approval. On the other,

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How does democratic progress affect the evolution of women’s issues? Although previous studies showed the significance of democratic transition in mainstreaming women’s issues, little is known about how women’s issues change along with the deepening of democracy. To fill the gap, this article revisits and tests the effects of democratization in three steps: democratization, democratic progress, and saturation. Focusing on South Korea, we analyse the patterns of legislative speeches on women out

여성할당제의 긍정적 효과에도 불구하고, 할당제에 대한 여론은 점차 부정적으로 변화하였으며, 이에 본 연구에서는 다년도 실증 분석을 통해 여성할당제의 의식 변화 요인에 대한 분석을 진행하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 크게 네 가지로 요약할 수 있다. 첫째, 할당제가 제도적으로 자리 잡을수록 대중의 선호도가 낮아질 뿐 아니라 분열되고 있는 역설적 현상이 관찰되었다. 둘째, 여성할당제에 대한 시각의 변화는 능력주의의 부상과 밀접한 관련이 있다. 능력주의의 성향과 여성할당제 선호는 지속적이고 유의미한 상관관계를 보이며, 특히 능력주의에 대한 키워드가 부상한 이후 통계적 유의미성이 점차 강해지는 경향을 확인하였다. 셋째, 능력주의 성향이 강할수록 여성뿐 아니라 청년과 같은 정치적 소수자에 대한 우대에 반대하는 경향을 보였다. 마지막으로, 성별과 세대는 여성할당제와 지속적인 상관관계를 보였으나, 능력주의와의 유의미한 교차효과를 찾아내지는 못하였다. 이는 성별과 세대 요소가 능력주의가 아닌 다른 기제

여성할당제의 긍정적 효과에도 불구하고, 할당제에 대한 여론은 점차 부정적으로 변화하였 으며, 이에 본 연구에서는 다년도 실증 분석을 통해 여성할당제의 의식 변화 요인에 대한 분석 을 진행하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 크게 네 가지로 요약할 수 있다. 첫째, 할당제가 제도적으로 자리 잡을수록 대중의 선호도가 낮아질 뿐 아니라 분열되고 있는 역설적 현상이 관찰되었다. 둘째, 여성할당제에 대한 시각의 변화는 능력주의의 부상과 밀접한 관련이 있다. 능력주의의 성향과 여성할당제 선호는 지속적이고 유의미한 상관관계를 보이며, 특히 능력주의에 대한 키워드가 부상한 이후 통계적 유의미성이 점차 강해지는 경향을 확인하였다. 셋째, 능력주의 성향이 강할수록 여성뿐 아니라 청년과 같은 정치적 소수자에 대한 우대에 반대하는 경향을 보였다. 마지막으로, 성별과 세대는 여성할당제와 지속적인 상관관계를 보였으나, 능력주의 와의 유의미한 교차효과를 찾아내지는 못하였다. 이는 성별과 세대 요소가 능력주의가 아닌 다른

Chapter 4 serves as a key chapter to show the long-term consequences of the civic-oriented recovery, in terms of widening the racial and social disparities across the city. In this chapter, I investigate the relationship between community civic structure and the patterns of repopulation after Katrina. Using a novel data set on the repopulation of the entire New Orleans neighborhoods for ten years, I find that structural conditions based on civic organizations such as churches, schools, and child