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Contemporary South Korean society : a critical perspective / edited by Hee-yeon Cho, Lawrence Surendra and Hyo-je Cho.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
- Routledge advances in Korean studies ; 26
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korea (South)--Social conditions--1988-.
- Korea (South).
- Korea (South)--Economic conditions--1988-.
- Korea (South)--Politics and government--2002-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called 'Korean wave' in Asia mean there is an increasing desire to understand contemporary Korean Society. To this end, this book provides a critical and progressive analysis of the diverse issues that impact on and shape contemporary Korean society at both local and national levels.The contributors address issues and movements which include:The state and regime Human rights Gender Civil society and social movements </LI
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 The structure of the South Korean developmental regime and its transformation: an analysis of the developmental regime of statist mobilization and authoritarian integration in the anticommunist regimentation; 2 Gender inequality and patriarchal order recontexualized; 3 Regionalism: its origins and substance with competition and exclusion; 4 Economic development and women's status in Korea; 5 Social class and income inequality in Korea
- 6 Changes in social movements in the post-dictatorship context in South Korea - focused on three dimensions7 Growth and crisis of the Korean citizens' movement; 8 Two concepts of human rights in contemporary Korea; 9 A frame analysis of women's policies of Korean government and women's movements in the 1980s and 1990s; 10 The netizen movement: a new wave in the social movements of Korea; 11 Corruption in government-business relations in Republic of Korea; 12 The environmental movement in South Korea; 13 South Korea - the ""making"" of a working class in a newly industrialized country
- 14 Neoliberal globalization and labor relations in Korea15 Labor movements in democratized Korea: an old or new social movement?; 16 Mobilizing public opinion for/against foreign labor policies in Korea, 1995-2005: NGOs, trade unions, and employers' associations in contested terrain; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-19128-3
- 0-203-08437-3
- 1-283-84556-3
- 1-136-19129-1
- 9780203084373
- OCLC:
- 821174204
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