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Routledge
206 Pages
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Routledge
206 Pages
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Routledge
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Despite the fact that socialist parties have proved to be a major political force across the world, this has not been the case in Asian countries. Socialism in South Korea is a quintessential example of this failure. Despite the existence of a socialist party and what would seem to be the right conditions for development, the Korean socialist tendency has failed to become a meaningful force in... Read more
Introduction 1. Challenging the Conventional Approach 2. Social Democracy in the Core and Periphery 3. Socialism in the Liberation Period (1945–50) 4. The Cold War and Its Impact on Socialism (1950s–1960s) 5. Socialism under the Military Dictatorship (1962–87) 6. The New Left and the Revived Socialism (1987–99) 7. The Democratic Labour Party (2000–7) Conclusion
Biography
Yunjong Kim is a South Korean born practical political scientist. He is a visiting Senior Lecturer at the Northern University of Malaysia.
