Jong-Sung You is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political and Social Change, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. His research has addressed the relationships between inequality, corruption and social trust, employing both cross-national quantitative studies and (comparative) case studies of Korea and East Asia. His research also attempts to provide new explanations for South Korea's political and economic development. His new research agenda includes freedom of expression and election campaign