ISBN:
9780415587457
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (224 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies on Modern Korea
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies on Modern Korea Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version State-centric to Contested Social Governance in Korea : Shifting Power
DDC:
300.95195
Keywords:
Non-governmental organizations - Korea
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation from their Western counterparts, and the role civil society NGOs have played in consolidating democracy as the governance system in Korea changes from a state-centric to a contested one.This book presents civil society's rise in Korea through in-depth analyses of today's most pressing issues, in order to chart the shifting role of a formerly state-centric to a contested governance system in modern Korea. With detailed case studies and policy discus
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; State-centric to Contested Social Governance in Korea; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 NGOs and INGOs: global trends and the Korean case; 3 Civil society in the making; 4 Civil society in search of political reform; 5 NGOs as policy entrepreneurs in pursuit of the public good; 6 NGOs and the governance of migration; 7 Transnational networks of NGOs for North Korean refugees and human rights; 8 NGOs and environmental governance; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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