Korean political and economic development : crisis, security, and institutional rebalancing / Jongryn Mo and Barry R. Weingast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mo, Jongryn, 1961- author.

Contributor:

Weingast, Barry R.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 362.

Harvard East Asian monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korea (South)--Economic policy--1988-.

Korea (South).

Economic policy.

Korea (South)--Politics and government--2002-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2013.

Summary:

"Mo and Weingast study three critical turning points in South Korea's remarkable transformation and offer a new view of how Korea was able to maintain pro-development policies with sustained growth by resolving repeated crises in favor of rebalancing and greater political and economic openness"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Phenomena to Be Explained: Three Turning Points in South Korea's Modern History 1

2 An Analytical Framework for Understanding South Koreas Transition 22

3 Leading Up to South Korea's First Transition: The Crisis of 1960-1961 50

4 Initiating South Korea's Transition, 1961-1979 63

5 The Political Economy of the Democratic Transition 95

6 Democratic Economic Management in Pre-crisis Korea: Democracy with Limited Pluralism, 1987-1997 116

7 The 1997 Financial Crisis: Causes and Subsequent Reform 149

8 The Politics of Economic Policy under Roh Moo Hyun, 2003-2008 171

9 Conclusions and a Look Ahead 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674726741

067472674X

OCLC:

829645930