Korea''s Developmental Alliance - State, Capital and the Politics of Rapid Development

Zusatztext "It offers a descriptive introduction to an important issue in Korean/East Asia politics/political economy." - Richard Westra! Pukyong National University! Pusan South Korea; Journal of Contemporary Asia! Vol. 40 No. 4 (2010) Informationen zum Autor David Hundt is Lecturer in International Relations at Deakin University! Australia. Klappentext Identifies the factors that shaped relations between the state and big business in Korea. This book highlights the political power of business! which is underplayed in discussions of the development of Korea. It also sheds light on the constraints on policymakers during modernisation! and how power is shared among a number of powerful parties. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the political dynamics of economic development in Korea and argues that the key to understanding Korean developentalism is to focus on the changing dynamics of the relationship between the state and the chaebols. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The developmental alliance and Korean Development 1. Korea in the Political Economy Literature 2. The Dynamics of the Developmental Alliance 3. Priming for Takeoff 4. Forming the Developmental Alliance 5. The Developmental Alliance in Flux 6. Re-aligning the Alliance 7. The Alliance in Retrospect

Product details

• Authors: David Hundt, David Hundt, David (Deakin University Hundt, Hundt David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2008
• EAN: 9780415466684
• ISBN: 978-0-415-46668-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies; Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Korea, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General