This title was first published in 2001: Byung-ok Kil's thorough analysis deals with both the broad area of public policy and the specific topic of national security policy change in Korea. Using an historical comparative approach, he tests the relative importance of international and domestic developments as determinants of security policy change. Drawing extensively on carefully selected sources of quantitative and qualitative data including original documents and interviews, this engaging text is of theoretical, methodological and applied policy relevance to the academic community and of substantive interest to a broader audience of governmental officials in national security and related policy areas.

This title was first published in 2001: Dealing with the topic of national security policy change in Korea, this engaging text tests the relative importance of international and domestic developments as determinants of security policy change. The academic community will find this book to be of great theoretical and methodological relevance and it will also be of substantive interest to governmental officials in national security and related policy areas.