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Some Useful Resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2025

Eunju KimOpen the ORCID record for Eunju Kim[Opens in a new window],
Patricia KennettOpen the ORCID record for Patricia Kennett[Opens in a new window] and
Huck-ju KwonOpen the ORCID record for Huck-ju Kwon[Opens in a new window]
Eunju Kim
Affiliation:
Hansung University, Seoul, South Korea
Patricia Kennett*
Affiliation:
School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Huck-ju Kwon
Affiliation:
Global Development Institute for Public Affairs, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
*
Corresponding author: Patricia Kennett; Email: p.kennett@bristol.ac.uk
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Abstract

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This section highlights and provides details of a range of key sources and databases that were either central to or provide further material on the issues explored in the papers in this special themed section. Building on the analysis of the UK and South Korea’s policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and its integration with the key concepts of critical human security and state capacity the section is organised around the following themes: Critical human security, vulnerability and the pandemic; State capacity and social infrastructure; Risk governance and systemic risk; Digitalization, public services, and the pandemic; Cities and local social policy; and finally, Data Sources. These additional resources provide some general sources but are otherwise tailored to the social and public policy contexts of the UK and South Korea.

Keywords

critical human securitystate capacityrisk and insecurityUK and South Koreaturbulent times

Information

Type
Themed Section on Policy, Politics and Critical Human Security in an Unpredictable World: South Korea and The UK Compared
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 24 , Issue 3: THEMED SECTION: Policy, Politics and Critical Human Security in an Unpredictable World: South Korea and The UK Compared , July 2025, pp. 535 - 536
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Critical human security, vulnerability and the pandemic

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