Korea Confronts Globalization (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Chang, Yunshik; Baker, Donald; Seok, Hyun-Ho

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134046935
• Artikelnr.: 38261605

Autorenporträt

Chang Yun-Shik is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and the former director of the Centre for Korean Research (1993-2001) at the University of British Columbia. Hyun Ho Seok is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and the former director of the Survey Research Centre at Sungkyunkwan University. Donald L. Baker teaches Korean history and religion in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, where he holds the Canada-Korea Business Council Chair in Korean Civilization.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Pitman Potter Introduction: Korea in the Process of
Globalization Chang Yun-Shik PART I : Status Politics Introductory Notes
Donald Baker 1. Globalization and Women in South Korea Sung-Nam Cho 2.
Regionalism in Korea: Regional Origins of Imbalance in the Leadership
Structure of South Korea Eui-Young Yu PART II: Class Politics Introductory
Notes Donald Baker 3. Industrial Workers, Corporate Employers and the
Government Chang Yun-Shik 4. Globalization of Labour and Corporate
Enterprises in South Korea: Labour Relations and Social Adjustment of
Migrant Workers Hyun-ho Seok 5. Stumbling Democracy in South Korea: The
Impacts of Globalization and Restructuring Hyun-Chin Lim PART III: Politics
of Faiths, Ideology, and Values Introductory Notes Donald Baker 6. Left and
Right in South Korea Chang Yun-Shik 7. Globalization and Value Conflict in
Contemporary Korea Jonghoe Yang 8. Tradition Modernized : Globalization and
Korea's New Religions Donald Baker PART IV: Societal Cohesion Introductory
Notes Donald Baker 9. Globalization and Welfare Reform in South Korea:
Performance and Limitations Byung Yung Ahn 10. The Paradox of Korean
Globalization? Shin Gi-Wook and Joon Nak Choi