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 http://www.oecdworldforum2009.org The 3rd OECD World Forum on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”  Charting Progress, Building Visions, Improving Life Busan, Korea - 27-30 October 2009 SOCIAL QUALITY AS A MEASURE FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS 1  JAEYEOL YEE AND DUKJIN CHANG Professors, Department of Sociology, The Institute for Social Development and Policy Research (ISDPR), Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 1. Need for New Concept of Social Progress. How to define and measure a good societyhas attracted attention from many countries regardless the level of development and type of politico-economic system. As a concept such as good society is heavily value-laden, it is inevitable to invite heated debates on what we mean by good society. Once we define what „good societyis, we can figure out whether a country has achieved progress over time or performing better than other countries. There has been a long history of debate on societal progress by two different camps, i.e., modernization theory and dependency theory (Kim, 2008). Modernization theory has emphasized that the attitude of people, especially that of local elites, has played pivotal role for the progress of backward societies. The hidden assumption was that modernity, represented by the structural characteristics of Western European countries and the United States, is the model for backward countries. This idea of linear evolution toward an ideal stage, however, was seriously challenged by critical researchers who have reversed the logic by introducing the idea of the development of underdevelopment.Dependency theorists argued that the underdevelopment of Third world countries is attributed to the exploitative link between the center and periphery countries, such as unequal exchange between high value-added products of the center and raw materials of the periphery. However recent development in East Asia shows that neither modernization theory nor dependency theory alone can properly explain the historical trajectory of this region. East Asian countries including South Korea, China, Singapore, Thailand, and Japan have accomplished very rapid economic 1 This is a report based on a group research conducted by the Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, and financially supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2007-411-J01601, 2007-411-J01602). The authors are grateful to co-researchers and research assistants, especially Drs. Eun-Young Nam, Sang-chul Chang, Jeong Ok Ahn, and Ms. Lanu Kim, Ms. Su-yeon Song, and Mr. Jeong Hwan Kim for their help in data gathering and analysis.

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