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Routledge Advances in Korean Studies


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Korea is currently experiencing its most significant transformations since the end of the Korean war. This series is a showcase for the latest research on North and South Korea. The series is interdisciplinary in its focus.

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State, Rural Women, and Domestication in Korea The Aspiring Middle Class

State, Rural Women, and Domestication in Korea: The Aspiring Middle Class

1st Edition

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By Jaok Kwon
July 05, 2024

This book explores the dynamic interactions between the state and society during the industrialization of South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on rural women as a marginalized social group. By illuminating rural women’s interactions with the state and their aspirations for entering the ...

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea: Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Woosung Bae
May 27, 2024

Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues ...

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume I)

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea: Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume I)

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Woosung Bae
May 27, 2024

Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues ...

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume II)

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea: Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume II)

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Woosung Bae
May 27, 2024

Pan’gyesurok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues ...

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume III)

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea: Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume III)

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Woosung Bae
May 27, 2024

Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues ...

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume IV)

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea: Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume IV)

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Woosung Bae
May 27, 2024

Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues ...

Power and the Elite in North Korea Paektu and Kanbu

Power and the Elite in North Korea: Paektu and Kanbu

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Jae-Cheon Lim
April 23, 2024

This book explores how political power has shaped the elite and their development in North Korea by examining changes of the elite, their interactions, and specific elite figures, based on the transformation of the power structure and characteristics of the North Korean regime since August 1945. As...

Commons Perspectives in South Korea Context, Fields, and Alternatives

Commons Perspectives in South Korea: Context, Fields, and Alternatives

1st Edition

Edited By Hyun Choe, Ja-Kyung Kim, Hun-Gyo Jang, Yea-Yl Yoon, Suh-Hyun Park
September 25, 2023

Since its founding in 2011, the Research Center on the Commons and Sustainable Society has been at the forefront of Commons Research in South Korea. This book brings together the discoveries and insights the Center has produced in its first decade, as a contribution to international commons ...

South Korea’s Foreign Aid The Domestic Politics of Middle Power Diplomacy

South Korea’s Foreign Aid: The Domestic Politics of Middle Power Diplomacy

1st Edition

By Hyo-sook Kim
September 25, 2023

Kim examines the impact of domestic politics in accomplishing South Korea’s middle power diplomacy through the provision of foreign aid. Since the 2000s, the rise of emerging nations as donors has brought about a remarkable transition in the international development community. South Korea has ...

Exporting Urban Korea? Reconsidering the Korean Urban Development Experience

Exporting Urban Korea?: Reconsidering the Korean Urban Development Experience

1st Edition

Edited By Se Hoon Park, Hyun Bang Shin, Hyun Soo Kang
May 31, 2023

A detailed examination of the “Korean development model” from its urban dimension, evaluating its sociopolitical contexts and implications for international development cooperation. There is an increasing tendency to use the development experience of Asian countries as a reference point for other ...

Interviews with North Korean Defectors From Kim Shin-jo to Thae Yong-ho

Interviews with North Korean Defectors: From Kim Shin-jo to Thae Yong-ho

1st Edition

By Lim Il, Adam Zulawnik
May 31, 2023

Originally compiled and written by North Korean defector and author Lim Il, this English-language edition, thoroughly annotated by Dr. Adam Zulawnik, is a fascinating collection of 34 interviews with highly prominent North Korean defectors residing in South Korea, ranging from religious ...

The Candlelight Movement, Democracy, and Communication in Korea

The Candlelight Movement, Democracy, and Communication in Korea

1st Edition

Edited By JongHwa Lee, Chuyun Oh, Yong-Chan Kim
May 31, 2023

This book examines key features, problems, and implications of the 2016–2017 Candlelight Movement, a historical cornerstone for democracy and social movements in South Korea. The Candlelight Movement brought profound social changes with important lessons and questions for scholars, practitioners,...

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