The postdevelopmental state : dilemmas of economic democratization in contemporary South Korea / Jamie Doucette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doucette, Jamie.

Series:

Perspectives on contemporary Korea.

Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--Employee participation--Korea (South)--21st century.

Management.

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

Labor.

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

Employees.

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

Korea (South).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024.

Summary:

Over the last 25 years, South Korea has witnessed growing inequality due to the proliferation of non-standard employment, ballooning household debt, deepening export-dependency, and the growth of super-conglomerates such as Samsung and Hyundai. Combined with declining rates of economic growth and turbulent political events, these processes mark a departure from Korea's past recognition as a high growth "developmental state." The Postdevelopmental State radically reframes research into the South Korean economy by foregrounding the efforts of pro-democratic reformers and social movements in South Korea to create an alternative economic model--one that can address Korea's legacy of authoritarian economic development during the Cold War and neoliberal restructuring since the Asian Financial Crisis of the late 1990s. Understanding these attempts offers insight into the types of economic reforms that have been enacted since the late 1990s as well as the continued legacy of dictatorship-era politics within the Korean political and legal system. By examining the dilemmas economic democracy has encountered over the past 25 years, from the IMF Crisis to the aftermath of the Candlelight Revolution, the book reveals the enormous and comprehensive challenges involved in addressing the legacy of authoritarian economic models and their neoliberal transformations.

Contents:

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: After the Revolution

1. The Democratic Deficit of Developmental State Theory

2. The Political Economy of the Postdevelopmental State

3. Debating Economic Democracy

4. Social Democracy without Labor?

5. The Integral State of the Conservative Bloc

Conclusion: The Future of a Problematic?

Methodological Appendix

References

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-210) and index.

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ISBN:

9780472904686

OCLC:

1432726712

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access