ISBN:
0415575877
,
9780415575874
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 178 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in Korean studies 19
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als South Korea under Compressed Modernity : Familial Political Economy in Transition
DDC:
306.85095195/09045
Keywords:
Families
;
Social change
;
Korea (South) - Civilization - 21st century
;
Korea (South) - Civilization - 21st century
;
Electronic books
;
Korea (South) Social conditions 1988-
;
Korea (South) Civilization 21st century
Abstract:
The condensed social change and complex social order governing South Koreans' life cannot be satisfactorily delineated by relying on West-derived social theories or culturalist arguments. This book provides an account of South Korean society and its contemporary transformation
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Compressed modernity and its familial basis; 2 Accidental pluralism; 3 The social investment family and educational politics; 4 The nuclear family and welfare politics; 5 Women's labor and gendered industrialization; 6 The peasant family and rural-urban relations; 7 Chaebol: The logic of familial capitalism; 8 Politics of defamiliation; 9 The sustainability crisis of familial modernity; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-174) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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