Rural women and triple exploitation in Korean development / by Dong-Sook Shin Gills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gills, Dong-Sook Shin, 1955-

Series:

International political economy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural women--Korea (South)--Economic conditions.

Rural women.

Economic conditions.

Korea (South)--Economic conditions--1960-.

Korea (South).

Korea (South)--Economic policy--1960-.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the unrecognized role played and burden borne by rural women during the last four decades of South Korean economic development. It offers a new critical understanding of the crucial role played by rural women in the Korean economic "miracle." Presenting her "triple exploitation" model, Dong-Sook Shin Gills explains the linkages between rural women, national development, and the global economy. She concludes that, via triple exploitation, rural women held more than their "fair share" of the strain of rapid industrialization.

Contents:

Part I Agriculture in the Korean Development Model

1 Primitive Capital Accumulation and Agriculture 7

The state and export-oriented industrialisation 7

The nature of subsistence farming in Korea 10

Degradation of agriculture and rural-urban migration 15

2 Economic Crisis and the Stagnation of Agriculture 23

Heavy and chemical industrialisation and the price stabilisation policy 23

Liberalisation of agricultural imports 26

Diversification of agricultural production 32

3 Unequal Exchange between Agriculture and Industry 36

Green revolution and commercialisation 36

Promotion of chemical industry and agriculture 42

Mechanisation of agriculture and unequal exchange 50

4 Globalisation and Rural Poverty 60

Liberalisation and restructuring of agriculture 60

Growing rural-urban disparity 69

Farm household debt 78

Part II Patriarchal Relations and Modes of Production: Towards an Analytical Framework

5 Patriarchal Relations and Sexual Division of Labour 87

The concept of 'patriarchal relations' 87

Patriarchal relations in pre-capitalist Choson Korea 92

Transition to new patriarchal relations: from Choson to modern capitalist Korea 98

6 Women in the Contemporary World Economic System 106

Patriarchal relations and the world system 106

Core-periphery hierarchy among women 107

Marginalisation of women's labour in the periphery 110

Experience of Korean women 115

7 The Triple Exploitation of Rural Women in Korea 119

The model of triple exploitation 119

The underdevelopment of agriculture and migration 122

Integration of women's labour into agricultural production 125

Articulation of modes of production and patriarchal relations 128

Exploitation of rural women's labour by the state 133

Part III Rural Women's Labour in Korea

8 Socioeconomic Structure of Farming Villages 143

Population structure 143

Household structure 146

Size of farming land 149

Agricultural labour 149

Tenancy 152

Income 154

Debts 157

Migration and rural population 160

Migration and agricultural labour 164

9 The Extension of Rural Women's Labour 169

The agricultural labour market 169

Age structure and level of education of women 171

Gender and employment in the rural area 172

Women as agricultural labour 178

Women's labour experiences in the non-agricultural sector 184

Sexual exclusivity in domestic work 186

10 Rural Women and Power Relations 196

The social and political status of women 196

Decision-making power structure within the household 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.

ISBN:

0312220960

OCLC:

40723635