1st Edition

Social and Economic Policies in Korea Ideas, Networks and Linkages

By Dong-Myeon Shin Copyright 2003
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

The sustained remarkable economic growth in the East Asian countries - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore - has brought about a great deal of debate over the role of the state in the market and society. Shin analyses the dynamic process of state interventions in the economy and social affairs in Korea from the early 1960s until the present with special reference to five policy... Read more
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Roles of the State in the Economy and Social Welfare Chapter 3. A Theoretical Framework for Analysing the Process of Policy Formation and Change Chapter 4. Social and Economic Policies during the Export-Led Industrialization in the 1960s Chapter 5. Social and Economic Politics during the Heavy and Chemical Industrialization in the 1970s Chapter 6. Stabilization, Liberalization and Social Policies: 1980-1992 Chapter 7. Social and Economic Policies under Globalization: 1993-1997 Chapter 8. Financial Crisis, Economic Policy and Social Policy: 1998-Present

Biography

Dong-Myeon Shin is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration, Kyung Hee University, Korea. He has published numerous articles in both English and Korean and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for International Social Security Review.

'This book relates the emergence of social policy in East Asia to the 'economic miracle' and its driving force - state-directed economic intervention. Dong-Myeon Shin's book breaks new ground in charting the linkages between economic and social policy in post-war Korean history and in theory.' - Professor Ian Gough, University of Bath

'It is hoped that the limited interest in South Korea will not deter people from reading this splendid book. There are several reasons why this very lucid and well-organised book should be read' - Social Policy