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Challenges of Modernization and Governance in South Korea (eBook, PDF)

The Sinking of the Sewol and Its Causes

Redaktion: Suh, Jae-Jung; Kim, Mikyoung

Beschreibung

Focusing on the sinking of the Sewol, a commercial ferry which capsized off the South Korean coast in April 2014, this book considers key issues of disaster, governance, civil society and the ideational transformation of human agents and their empowerment. Providing a lens through which to re-examine South Korean institutions, laws and practices, the volume examines the impact of the Sewol incident and what it reveals about the fault lines of South Korean society and governance. It addresses the repercussions of South Korea's turn to a liberal democracy and neoliberal economy and reflects on the multilayered implications of the disaster in respect to the potential human costs of the country's state-driven development policy and high stress modernisation. The book also highlights the relevance of the Korean experience for other societies on a similar developmental trajectories and facing similar challenges.

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Autor

Jae-Jung Suh is Professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. He has served as Associate Professor and Director of Korea Studies at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University and Assistant Professor in Department of Government at Cornell University as well as on the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning (Republic of Korea).   Mikyoung Kim is International PoliticalScience Association (IPSA) Chair of Human Rights Research Committee. She has published many refereed articles and book chapters on memory, reconciliation, and human rights in East Asia. She was a two-term member of ROK National Unification Advisory Council (2012-15).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 227
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811040238
• Artikelnr.: 51893736