Kim Soo-young: Social Welfare Paradigm in the Digital Age

Our society is currently standing at a civilizational turning point brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, as job insecurity intensifies with the advent of the digital contact-free era, social welfare policies such as the expansion of social insurance and the introduction of basic income are being discussed as alternatives. However, the digital technological revolution is not merely leading to job losses; it is restructuring the modern state, market, and civil society as a whole—the very foundations of the welfare state. This book emphasizes that responding to future social risks requires redesigning a new social system beyond the introduction of specific policies. To this end, the author analyzes the social challenges facing humanity as digital technological innovation causes the structural shift from the state-market-civil society model to a network state-market-civil society model. Furthermore, the book examines the characteristics of Korean society as a "nation-centric network society" when compared to a global network society. Based on this, the author proposes a ‘relationship-oriented governance’ model as a social welfare system for a digital network society where the state, market, and civil society are intricately interconnected. In this model, members of society promote, collaborate with, and check one another, while introducing specific practical examples. This book will serve as a valuable comprehensive guide for readers contemplating the direction of change in an uncertain future society and potential response strategies.

Korean title: 디지털 시대의 사회복지 패러다임

Korean author: 김수영

Korean publisher: 집문당

ISBN-13: 9788930319126