2nd Edition

Korean Society Civil Society, Democracy and the State

Edited By Charles K. Armstrong Copyright 2007
228 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

While most analyses of Korean politics have looked to elites to explain political change, this new and revised edition of Korean Society examines the role of ordinary people in this dramatic transformation. Taking the innovative theme of 'civil society' - voluntary organizations outside the role of the state which have participated in the process of political and social democratization - the... Read more

Introduction to the Second Edition  Charles K. Armstrong 1. Civil Society in West and East Bruce Cumings  2. The Problematic Modernity of Confucianism: "Civil Society" in Choson Korea  John Duncan 3. Civil Society and Democratization in South Korea  Sunhyuk Kim  4. Engendering Civil Society: The Role of the Labor Movement Hagen Koo  5. The South Korean Student Movement: Undongkwon as Counterpublic Sphere  Namhee Lee  6. Women and Civil Society in South Korea  Seungsook Moon  7. Commemorating Kwangju: The 5.18 Movement and Civil Society in the Late 1990s  Linda S. Lewis  8. Protestant Christianity and the State  Donald N. Clark  9. Beyond the DMZ: The Possibility of Civil Society in North Korea  Charles K. Armstrong

Biography

Charles K. Armstrong is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, New York.