Learning from the South Korean developmental success : effective developmental cooperation and synergistic institutions and policies / edited by Ilcheong Yi, Thandika Mkandawire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yi, Ilcheong, 1966-

Mkandawire, P. Thandika

Series:

Social policy in a development context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Korea (South).

Economic development.

Korea (South)--Economic conditions.

Korea (South).

Economic conditions.

Korea (South)--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xxii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

This edited volume suggests lessons for development in the twenty-first century through and analysis of the South Korean experience. Looking beyond the analytical scope of the developmental state, contributions focus on the institutional mechanisms enabling the state society to establish complementary economic and social policies, the actor involved and the consequences of the choices in a range of policy areas - aid, industrialization, labour markets, fiscal and monetary policies, social policy, rural development, the environment and gender relations - between 1945 and 2000. Framing social policies as a set of interventions to enhance individual and societal capabilities, this volume shows how a wide range of policies formulated to complement each other across the protective, reproductive, productive and redistributive sphere contributed to both economic and social development. Covering the periods of state-building, rapid industrialization in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, as well as the response to the Asian Economic Crisis in the 1990s, the volume aims to identity the institutional foundations and legacies of South Korea's developmental success. This book is valuable reading for all interested in development economics, macroeconomics, institutional economics, political economy, migration studies, gender studies and international relations. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Overview: Learning from Developmental Success / Thandika Mkandawire Mkandawire, Thandika, Ilcheong Yi Yi, Ilcheong 1

Part I

2 Lessons from the Social Policy and Development of South Korea: An interrogation / Thandika Mkandawire Mkandawire, Thandika 11

3 The Korean Experience and the Twenty-first-Century Transition to a Capability-Enhancing Developmental State / Peter Evans Evans, Peter 31

4 Securing the Home Market: A New Approach to Korean Development / Alice Amsden Amsden, Alice 54

Part II

5 Institutional Linkages between Social Protection Measures and Industrialization in South Korea / Jooha Lee Lee, Jooha 91

6 The Development of Transformative Social Policy in South Korea: Lessons from the Korean Experience / Moo-Kwon Chung Chung, Moo-Kwon 108

7 The Saemaul Undong in Historical Perspective and in the Contemporary World / Mike Douglass Douglass, Mike 136

8 How Could the Enhancement of Education and Health Contribute to Economic Growth in South Korea? / Ilcheong Yi Yi, Ilcheong 172

Part III

9 Effective Aid and Development Cooperation in South Korea / Ilcheong Yi Yi, Ilcheong, Olive Cocoman Cocoman, Olive, You-ah Chung Chung, You-ah, Hyunjoo Rhee Rhee, Hyunjoo 197

10 Learning through Localizing International Transfers: South Korea's Development Experiences / Taekyoon Kim Kim, Taekyoon 216

11 The South Korean Developmental Alliance between Business, Labor and Government / Eun Mee Kim Kim, Eun Mee 235

Part IV

12 Change and Continuity in Social Policy Responses to Economic Crises in South Korea: 1979-81 versus 1997-98 / Jae-jin Yang Yang, Jae-jin 259

13 Effective but Uneven: Korean Development from a Gender Perspective / Jinock Lee Lee, Jinock 276

14 Korean Responses to Environmental Challenges: Origins, Drivers and Impacts of Green Growth on Development / Manohar Pawar Pawar, Manohar, Taewook Huh Huh, Taewook 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-346) and index.

ISBN:

9781137339478

1137339470

OCLC:

861208024