1st Edition
Korea Confronts Globalization
Foreword by Pitman Potter Introduction: Korea in the Process of Globalization Chang Yun-Shik PART I : Status Politics Introductory Notes Donald Baker 1. Globalization and Women in South Korea Sung-Nam Cho 2. Regionalism in Korea: Regional Origins of Imbalance in the Leadership Structure of South Korea Eui-Young Yu PART II: Class Politics Introductory Notes Donald Baker 3. Industrial Workers, Corporate Employers and the Government Chang Yun-Shik 4. Globalization of Labour and Corporate Enterprises in South Korea: Labour Relations and Social Adjustment of Migrant Workers Hyun-ho Seok 5. Stumbling Democracy in South Korea: The Impacts of Globalization and Restructuring Hyun-Chin Lim PART III: Politics of Faiths, Ideology, and Values Introductory Notes Donald Baker 6. Left and Right in South Korea Chang Yun-Shik 7. Globalization and Value Conflict in Contemporary Korea Jonghoe Yang 8. Tradition Modernized : Globalization and Korea’s New Religions Donald Baker PART IV: Societal Cohesion Introductory Notes Donald Baker 9. Globalization and Welfare Reform in South Korea: Performance and Limitations Byung Yung Ahn 10. The Paradox of Korean Globalization? Shin Gi-Wook and Joon Nak Choi
Biography
Chang Yun-Shik is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and the former director of the Centre for Korean Research (1993-2001) at the University of British Columbia.
Hyun Ho Seok is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and the former director of the Survey Research Centre at Sungkyunkwan University.
Donald L. Baker teaches Korean history and religion in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, where he holds the Canada-Korea Business Council Chair in Korean Civilization.
