Korea Confronts Globalization

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ISBN: 9780415458795 | 041545879X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/2/2008

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This book examines both the positive and negative impact globalization has had on Korean (especially post-1945 South Korean) society, politics, economy, and ideology since the end of the 19th century, with special attention paid to the structural mechanisms that have maintained cohesion despite the changes globalization has produced.

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List of figures	p. x
List of tables	p. xi
Notes on contributors	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Introduction: Korea in the process of globalization	p. 1
Status politics	p. 39
Introductory notes	p. 41
Globalization and women in South Korea: labor participation and women's identity	p. 43
Regionalism in Korea: regional origin imbalance in the leadership structure of South Korea	p. 63
Class politics	p. 89
Introductory notes	p. 91
Industrial workers, corporate employers and the government in South Korea	p. 95
Globalization of labor and corporate enterprises in South Korea: labor relations and social adjustment of migrant workers	p. 118
Stumbling democracy in South Korea: the impacts of globalization and restructuring	p. 139
Politics of faiths, ideology and values	p. 167
Introductory notes	p. 169
Left and right in South Korean politics	p. 173
Globalization and value change in Korea: with a special emphasis on the impact of the recent economic crisis and neoliberal reform on the Confucian value system	p. 192
Tradition modernized: globalization and Korea's new religions	p. 206
Societal cohesion	p. 225
Introductory notes	p. 227
Globalization and welfare reform in South Korea under the Kim Dae Jung government	p. 229
Paradox or paradigm? Making sense of Korean globalization	p. 250
Index	p. 273
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