Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

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1. Legal Reform in Korea

   By Tom Ginsburg

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   Law in Korea has historically been viewed as merely a tool of authoritarian rule, but since the transition to democracy in 1987 it has served a more important and visible role as a force for social change. With contributions from leading US and Korean scholars, Legal Reform in Korea explores this...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Contemporary South Korean Society

   A Critical Perspective

   Edited by Hee-Yeon Cho, Lawrence Surendra, Hyo-Je Cho

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called ‘Korean wave’ in Asia mean there is an increasing desire to understand contemporary Korean Society. To this end, this book provides a critical and progressive analysis of the diverse issues that impact...

   Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Korea's Developmental Alliance

   State, capital and the politics of rapid development

   By David Hundt

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   South Korea is often cited as a case of miraculous transformation from poverty to prosperity. Korea’s achievement of moving from one of the world’s poorest countries as recently as the early 1960s to the ranks of the ten biggest economies only four decades later has rightly attracted interest from...

   Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Global Korean Motor Industry

   The Hyundai Motor Company's Global Strategy

   By Russell D. Lansbury, Chung-Sok Suh, Seung-Ho Kwon

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   This book examines the experiences of the globalizing Korean automobile industry, with particular focus on the Hyundai Motor Company (HMC), one of the most prominent of the new Korean multinational corporations. It provides an overview of the changing nature of the global automobile industry,...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Political Protest and Labor Solidarity in Korea

   White-Collar Labor Movements after Democratization (1987-1995)

   By Doowon Suh

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   East Asia has undergone an intense period of economic development and accompanying social change in recent years and among the unforeseen social phenomena that have emerged are new forms of trade unions. This book analyzes the importance of such a new union movement in Korea by focusing on the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Capitalist Development in Korea

   Labour, Capital and the Myth of the Developmental State

   By Dae-oup Chang

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   Contrary to the widely-held view that the East Asian "developmental state" is neutral in terms of the relationship between capital and labour – a benign co-operation between state officials and businessmen to organise economic development – this book argues that in fact the developmental state...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. IT Development in Korea

   A Broadband Nirvana?

   By Kwang-Suk Lee

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   This book investigates the contextual factors that led to Korean society becoming ‘broadband heaven’ — the most wired nation in the world — by scrutinizing the historical contexts surrounding the Korean Information Infrastructure (KII) project (1995–2005), which aimed to establish a nationwide...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
8. Foreign Direct Investment in Post-Crisis Korea

   European Investors and 'Mismatched Globalization'

   By Judith Cherry

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   In this book Judith Cherry analyses the impact of economic and cultural globalization on efforts to promote inward foreign direct investment (IFDI) in South Korea over the past four decades. The book traces the development of Korean IFDI policy from one of restriction and control to one of...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
9. South Korea under Compressed Modernity

   Familial Political Economy in Transition

   By Kyung-Sup Chang

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   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. Nor can various globally eye-catching traits of this society in industrial work, education, popular culture,...

   Published September 6th 2011 by Routledge
10. South Korean Social Movements

    From Democracy to Civil Society

    Edited by Gi-Wook Shin, Paul Chang

    Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

    This book explores the evolution of social movements in South Korea by focusing on how they have become institutionalized and diffused in the democratic period. The contributors explore the transformation of Korean social movements from the democracy campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s to the rise of...

    Published May 31st 2011 by Routledge