Nation building in South Korea : Koreans, Americans, and the making of a democracy / Gregg Brazinsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brazinsky, Gregg.

Series:

New Cold War history

The new cold war history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--Korea.

United States.

International relations.

Korea.

Korea--Foreign relations--United States.

Democracy--Korea--History--20th century.

Korea (South)--Politics and government.

Korea (South).

Politics and government.

Korea (South)--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007]

Summary:

Brazinsky explains why South Korea was one of the few postcolonial nations that achieved rapid economic development and democratization by the end of the twentieth century. He contends that a distinctive combination of American initiatives and Korean agency enabled South Korea's stunning transformation. Expanding the framework of traditional diplomatic history, Brazinsky examines not only state-to-state relations, but also the social and cultural interactions between Americans and South Koreans. He shows how Koreans adapted, resisted, and transformed American influence and promoted socioeconomic change that suited their own aspirations.

Contents:

Security over democracy

Institution building: civil society

Institution building: the military

Toward developmental autocracy

Development over democracy

Engaging South Korean intellectuals

Molding South Korean youth

Toward democracy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-290) and index.

ISBN:

9780807831205

0807831204

OCLC:

77574112