Status Seeking through Social Creativity Has Its Limits: South Korea and the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
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The paper uses social identity theory to assess South Korea’s lack of membership in the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, a group of small states advocating for the global elimination of fossil-fuel subsidies. This paper asks whether South Korea would be a complement to the Friends group and whether joining the group would boost Korea’s international profile and middle power status. It subsequently tries to explain why Korea has yet to join the group. After a short introduction, the paper provides a general explanation of the need for fossil fuel subsidy reform. Section three introduces the concept of social creativity and argues that South Korea is embracing status-seeking behavior. Section four presents the Friends group and assesses South Korea as a complement to that group. Section five looks at the international prospects of subsidy reform from an institutional perspective and asks whether the Friends group or South Korea can potentially influence movement in subsidy reform. Section six argues that although South Korea seems an ideal fit to join the Friends group, South Korea has not joined for a number of reasons, including domestic economic constraints, considerations in bilateral relations and Korean preferences for certain institutional structures. Lastly, the paper concludes that status-seeking behavior has its limits, and although the Friends group would add little benefit to South Korea’s international profile, South Korea’s lack of membership in the group is a missed opportunity to further subsidy reform.
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The paper uses social identity theory to assess South Korea’s lack of membership in the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, a group of small states advocating for the global elimination of fossil-fuel subsidies. This paper asks whether South Korea would be a complement to the Friends group and whether joining the group would boost Korea’s international profile and middle power status. It subsequently tries to explain why Korea has yet to join the group. After a short introduction, the paper provides a general explanation of the need for fossil fuel subsidy reform. Section three introduces the concept of social creativity and argues that South Korea is embracing status-seeking behavior. Section four presents the Friends group and assesses South Korea as a complement to that group. Section five looks at the international prospects of subsidy reform from an institutional perspective and asks whether the Friends group or South Korea can potentially influence movement in subsidy reform. Section six argues that although South Korea seems an ideal fit to join the Friends group, South Korea has not joined for a number of reasons, including domestic economic constraints, considerations in bilateral relations and Korean preferences for certain institutional structures. Lastly, the paper concludes that status-seeking behavior has its limits, and although the Friends group would add little benefit to South Korea’s international profile, South Korea’s lack of membership in the group is a missed opportunity to further subsidy reform.
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