“Professor Yong-duck Jung is a top international scholar in governance and public administration. His work has been integral to an international understanding of Korean politics and political history. This book fulfills that tradition. Written with a rare combination of passion and analytical clarity this book makes a powerful statement about state building and the quest for democratic governance in Korea. "The Korean State, Public Administration, and Development" book will become a standard reference to scholars and students who wish to understand Korean politics and public administration. Once again, Dr. Jung brings Korea to the world and the world to Korea. This book should find its way into reading lists for courses in Asian politics, comparative politics and public administration.”
- Jon Pierre (Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg)

“The Republic of Korea is put on an analytical cutting board by Professor Yong-duck Jung, who grasps a sharp knife of history and comparison, the angle of which is to make the Korean administration in change identified in terms of its development and stagnation. The time span of 65 years covered, from the state-building era in the 1940s and 1950s, through the industrialization era from the 1960s to 1980s, to the democratization after the late 1980, is long enough for the readers not only to understand the present Korea but also to give an insightful perspective of Korea.”
- Masaru Mabuchi (Professor at Kyoto University’s Faculty of Law, and
President of Japanese Political Science Association)

“While Korea has been considered as a shining example of national development after WWII, few understand why and how. Now Professor Yong-duck Jung, a distinguished scholar of public administration for over 30 years, provides his comprehensive and in-depth analysis on how public administration has played a key role in national development in Korea. It is a timely contribution to the renewed interests and debate about the role of governance in national development.”
- XUE Lan (Professor and Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University)

“This book represents a real service to the international community. Professor Yong-duck Jung gives us the first comprehensive examination of Korea’s state and public administration. English-language information about the Korean state and public administration is long overdue. I especially appreciate his coverage of Korea’s achievements in good governance. We have long known about the quality of the Korean administrative system, but now we have thorough documentation of its development, structure and achievements.”
James L. Perry (Chancellor’s Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, and Editor-in-Chief, Public Administration Review)