Kwon, Huck-jo2019-09-252019-09-252011-06-282002http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/179619This paper seeks to explain the politics of social policy in Korea after the economic crisis of 1997/98, focusing the advocacy coalitions. It shows that the welfare idealists were able to succeed in introducing the Minimum Living Standard Guarantee (MLSG) by seizing a number of strategic points of decision making in Korea, explaining why Korea adopted active social policy initiatives beyond the functional requirements of the structural adjustment. The introduction of MLSG, which recognises the right of every citizen to a decent living, means that social protection has become an integral social policy goal in Korea.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderconflict transformationpolitical ethicsPolitical ethicsEthics of political systemsEthics of lawRights based legal ethicsPeace ethicsGovernance and ethicsDevelopment ethicsPreprint