1st Edition

Capitalist Development in Korea Labour, Capital and the Myth of the Developmental State

By Dae-oup Chang Copyright 2009
216 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

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 exists to promote the interests of capital over the interests of labour. Dae-oup Chang asserts that... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Mystified State: Explaining the State in the Economic Miracle  3. Marx’s Theory of Value and the Critique of Capitalist Social Relations  4. The Reproduction of Capital Relations, the State and Class Struggle  5. Toward a Critique of the Korean State  6. The Early Formation of the Capital Relations and the State  7. The Politicised Development of Capital Relations and the Korean State  8. Class Struggle and The Unfolding Crisis  9. Labour, Capital and the State in Transition  10. Conclusion

Biography

Dae-oup Chang is based at SOAS, University of London, UK and was formerly Post-doctoral fellow and Honorary Research Assistant Professor in the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.  He is also a member of the board of directors of the Asia Monitor Resource Centre in Hong Kong, and has written a number of books on the labour relations of Asian developing countries and critical political economy.

"The book is likely to be of interest to Korean specialists and to graduate students interested in critical development studies.  Summing Up: Recommended.  Graduate, research, and professional." -- CHOICE, Sept. 2009 Vol. 47 No. 01