Politics of Economic Reform in South Korea - A Fragile Miracle

Informationen zum Autor Tat Yan Kong Klappentext This comprehensive and authoritative account of the development of the Korean economy combines an historical approach with a substantial treatment of the new economy. Its fresh analysis of the recent transition and systematic treatment of labour issues represent a significant contribution to the scholarship on the politics of development. It is an essential resource for students of comparative political economy and East Asian development. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive and authoritative account of the development of the Korean economy combines a historical approach with a substantial section on the new economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction: Korea in the comparative political economy debateChapter 2. Pre-1979 patterns of political economy: the making of a fragile miracleChapter 3. Gradualist pattern of trasition: Korea Inc. after the 1979-80 crisisChapter 4. From autonomous state to consensual development? The impact of democratizationChapter 5. Rise and fall of the globalization project: the political economy of 'high cost low efficiency'Chapter 6. The twilight of developmentalism? Korea in the 'IMF Era'Chapter 7. Conclusion: fragile miracle 1979-99

Product details

• Authors: Tat Yan Kong, Kong Tat Yan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2000
• EAN: 9780415145039
• ISBN: 978-0-415-14503-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Political structures: democracy, South Korea, Regional Studies, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Regional / International studies, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms