Routledge handbook of contemporary South Korea / edited by Sojin Lim, Niki J.P. Alsford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lim, Sojin, editor.

Alsford, Niki J. P., editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Social conditions.

Politics and government.

History.

Korea (South)--History--20th century.

Korea (South).

Korea (South)--History--21st century.

Korea (South)--Politics and government--20th century.

Korea (South)--Politics and government--21st century.

Korea (South)--Social conditions--20th century.

Korea (South)--Social conditions--21st century.

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--20th century.

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--21st century.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Handbooks and manuals.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Other Title:

Handbook of contemporary South Korea

Contemporary South Korea

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Sojin Lim is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Lancashire. She has published research on Korea, including Aid Modalities Determinants: South Korea Triangular Cooperation and Implication towards North Korea (2019). Niki J.P. Alsford is a Professor at the University of Central Lancashire. He has published research on Taiwan, including Transitions to Modernity in Taiwan: The Spirit of 1895 and the Cession of Formosa to Japan (2017).

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea offers a ground-breaking study of the socio-political development of the Korean peninsula in the contemporary period. Written by an international team of scholars and experts, contributions to this book address key intellectual questions in the development of Korean studies, projecting new ways of thinking about how international systems can be organised and how local societies adapt to global challenges. Academically rigorous, each chapter defines current research and lends the reader greater understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and political developments of South Korea, ranging from chapters on the Korean Wave to relations with North Korea and the Korean language overseas. The volume is divided into eight sections, each representing a focused area of inquiry: socio-political history contemporary politics political economy and development society culture international relations security and diplomacy South Korea in international education This handbook provides an interdisciplinary and comprehensive account of contemporary South Korea. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Korean history, politics and international relations, culture and society, and will also appeal to policy makers interested in the Indo-Asia Pacific region.

Contents:

Educational development, society and politics in South Korea / Michael J. Seth

Historical development of judicial independence in South Korea: focus on colonial and post-colonial period / Jong-Chol An

Political structure changes in South Korea since 1948 / Hannes B. Mosler

Evolution of political parties and the party systems in South Korea / Yougmi Kim

History of the developmental states: a case of South Korea / Taekyoon Kim

Chaebǒl and the political economy of South Korean development, 1945-present / Eun Mee Kim and Nancy Y. Kim

The evolution story of South Korea from a fragile state to an international actor / Sojin Lim

Religion in contemporary Korean society: interactions between the past, present and future / Kevin N. Cawley

Korean Labour movement: the birth, rise and transformation of the Democratic Trade Union movement / Dae-oup Chang

Culture is power in dynamic Korea: soft power and government involvement in the Korean Wave / Hannah Michell

Creating our culture together: the contemporary audience for traditional Korean music / Cholong Sung

South Korean film: commercial success, full service cinema and the crisis consciousness / Andrew David Jackson

The South Korean literary field and its recent evolution / Eun Jin Jeong

South Korean national identity and inter-Korean relations since 1945 / Sarah A. Son

South Korean relations with North Korea / Lonnie Edge

The past, present and future of United States-South Korea relations / David Hundt

Japan-South Korea international relations / Hyung-Gu Lynn

Between a wedge and a hedge: South Korea's dilemma over China relations / Ed Griffith

Security dimensions in light of changing dynamics: the rise of South Korea as a global player / Virginie Grzelczyk

Continuity and changes in South Korea's middle power diplomacy / Marco Milani

Korean language overseas / Seon Jung Kim

South Korea in the secondary education system in the United Kingdom / Michael Maddison, Aaron Wilkes and Richard MaFahn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 14, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781000422283

1000422283

9781000421538

1000421538

9781003026150

100302615X

OCLC:

1264399084

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