ISBN:
0203931149
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041545879X
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9781281707222
,
9780203931141
,
9780415458795
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 278 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in Korean studies 14
Parallel Title:
Print version Korea Confronts Globalization
DDC:
303.48/25195
Keywords:
Globalization Social aspects
;
National characteristics, Korean
;
Globalization Economic aspects
;
Korea (South) Politics and government 2002-
;
Korea (South) Social conditions 21st century
Abstract:
This book examines both the positive and negative impact globalization has had on Korean (especially post-1945 South Korean) society, politics, economy, and ideology since the end of the 19th century, with special attention paid to the structural mechanisms that have maintained cohesion despite the changes globalization has produced
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction: Korea in the process of globalization; Part I: Status politics; Introductory notes; 1 Globalization and women in South Korea: Labor participation and women's identity; 2 Regionalism in Korea: Regional origin imbalance in the leadership structure of South Korea; Part II: Class politics; Introductory notes; 3 Industrial workers, corporate employers and the government in South Korea
Description / Table of Contents:
4 Globalization of labor and corporate enterprises in South Korea: Labor relations and social adjustment of migrant workers5 Stumbling democracy in South Korea: The impacts of globalization and restructuring; Part III: Politics of faiths, ideology and values; Introductory notes; 6 Left and right in South Korean politics; 7 Globalization and value change in Korea: With a special emphasis on the impact of the recent economic crisis and neoliberal reform on the Confucian value system; 8 Tradition modernized: Globalization and Korea's new religions; Part IV: Societal cohesion; Introductory notes
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Globalization and welfare reform in South Korea under the Kim Dae Jung government10 Paradox or paradigm?: Making sense of Korean globalization; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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