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Yin-wah Chu joined the Department of Sociology in 2007 to teach courses on globalization and East Asian social and economic development. Her research centers on two major areas: the political economy of development and social and political movements, both pertaining to countries and societies in East Asia. Specifically, she has examined business networks in Hong Kong and the developmental states of South Korea and Taiwan, analyzing their changing contours and assessing their effectiveness in tackling the societies’ continuous political-economic challenges, thus allowing them to articulate with the global economy and achieve rapid economic transformations. At the same time, she has examined the democratic transitions of South Korea and Taiwan, analyzing the contrasting sub-ethnic and social class dynamics in the processes, thus evaluating the relative merits of the political contingency and social-structural approaches. She has also examined labor and environmental movements in Hong Kong and, more recently, the issues of urban development and land expropriation resistance in China.
Research Interests
East Asian development (State-business relations, democratization, labor conditions); Social and political movements
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Globalization, economic institutions, and power relations: inclusive growth in East Asia
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research project
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Land Expropriation Protests in China: structures, processes, and meanings of selected cases in rural and peri-urban Guangdong and Sichuan
1/01/14 → 31/08/16
Project: Research project
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Globalization, Democratization, and the Reconfigured Developmental State: South Korea and Taiwan
1/12/08 → 31/05/12
Project: Research project
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East Asian Varieties of Capitalism and Socio-Economic Inequality: South Korea and Hong Kong Compared
Chu, Y-W. & Kong, T. Y., 19 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Contemporary Asia.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Interrogating the China Model of Development
Chu, Y. W. & So, A. Y., 30 Sept 2021, The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies. Veltmeyer, H. & Bowles, P. (eds.). 2nd ed. London: Routledge, p. 163-170 8 p. (Routledge Critical Development Studies).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Democratization, globalization, and institutional adaptation: the developmental states of South Korea and Taiwan
Chu, Y., Feb 2021, In: Review of International Political Economy. 28, 1, p. 59-80 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
13 Citations (Scopus) -
China's new urbanization plan: Progress and structural constraints
Chu, Y., Aug 2020, In: Cities. 103, 10 p., 102736.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
Open Access46 Citations (Scopus) -
China’s Global Rise: From Socialist Self-reliance to the Embracement of Economic Globalization
Chu, Y. W., 24 Nov 2020, Challenges of Globalization and Prospects for an Inter-civilizational World Order. Rossi, I. (ed.). 1 ed. Springer Cham, p. 465-481 17 p.Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)