Kim Korea’s Quest for Economic Democratization

Globalization, Polarization and Contention
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-57066-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 303 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book studies the sources of inequality in contemporary South Korea and the social and political contention this engenders. Korean society is becoming more polarized. Demands for ‘economic democratization’ and a fairer redistribution of wealth occupy centre-stage of political campaigns, debates and discourse. The contributions offer perspectives on this wide-ranging socio-political change by examining the transformation of organized labour, civil society, the emergence of new cleavages in society, and the growing ethnic diversity of Korea’s population. Bringing together a team of scholars on Korea’s transition and democratization, the story the books tells is one of a society acutely divided by the neo-liberal policies that accompanied and followed the Asian financial crisis. Taken together, the contributions argue that tackling inequalities are challenges that Korean policy-makers can no longer postpone. The solution, however, cannot be imposed, once again, from the top down, but needs to arise from a broader conversation including all segments of Korean society. The book is intended for a readership interested in South Korean politics specifically, and global experiences in transition more generally.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kim, Youngmi

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Hell Chosun: Polarization and Social Contention in a Neo-liberal Age; Youngmi Kim.- Chapter 2 Globalization, Democracy, and Social Polarization in South Korea; Hyug Baeg Im.- Chapter 3 Democracy Disenchanted and Autocracy Glamorized in Korea; Doowon Suh.- Chapter 4 The Return of Class? Old and New Political Cleavages in Korea; Youngmi Kim and Sunhee Park.- Chapter 5 Korea Tripartism in Retrospect ; Hyug Baeg Im.- Chapter 6 Labour Polarization: Labour Aristocracy versus Irregular Workers in Post-Development Korea; Hyung-a Kim.- Chapter 7 Civil Society and Democracy in South Korea: A Reassessment; Antonio Fiori and Sunhyuk Kim.- Chapter 8 The Parallax Visions of Economic Democracy in South Korea: A Critique; Albert L. Park.- Chapter 9 Citizenship and Migration in South Korea. In the forefront of democracies?; Luicy Pedroza and Hannes B. Mosler.- Chapter 10 Female Immigrants by Cross-Border Marriage: A New Political Issue in South Korean Society; Kyung-mi Kim.- Chapter 11 The Coming Age of South Korea: Power, Influence and Implications; Virginie Grzelczyk.- Chapter 12 Korea’s New Transition: Lessons for Asia’s advanced industrial societies and new democracies; Youngmi Kim.

Über Autor(innen)

Youngmi Kim is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh (UK). She previously worked at Central European University and University College Dublin. Recent publications include articles in  Electoral Studies  and the monograph  The Politics of Coalition in South Korea: Between Institutions and Culture  (2011).