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The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called 'Korean wave' in Asia has lead to a greater demand of academic material on contemporary Korean Society. Unlike much of the literature currently available which takes a traditional perspective on South Korean society, this book provides a critical and progressive analysis on the diverse issues affecting contempoarary Korean society.at local and national levels The contributors address issues and movements including: The state and regime Human rights Gender Civil society and social movements Culture, Religion Domestic and migrant labor Welfare
The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called 'Korean wave' in Asia has lead to a greater demand of academic material on contemporary Korean Society. Unlike much of the literature currently available which takes a traditional perspective on South Korean society, this book provides a critical and progressive analysis on the diverse issues affecting contempoarary Korean society.at local and national levels The contributors address issues and movements including: The state and regime Human rights Gender Civil society and social movements Culture, Religion Domestic and migrant labor Welfare
Preface 1. The Structure of the South Korean Developmental Regime and Its Transformation:An Analysis of the Developmental Regime of Statist Mobilization and Authoritarian Integration in the Anticommunist Regimentation 2. Gender Inequality and Patriarchal Order Recontexualized 3. Regionalism: Its Origins and Substance with Competition and Exclusion, 4. Economic Development and Women's Status in Korea, 5.Social Class and Income Inequality in Korea 6. Changes in Social Movements in the Post-Dictatorship Context in South Korea-Focused on Three Dimensions 7. Growth and Crisis of the Korean Citizens’ Movement 8. Two Concepts of Human Rights in Contemporary Korea 9. A Frame Analysis of Women's Policies of Korean Government and Women’s Movements in the 1980s and 1990s 10. The Netizen Movement: A New Wave in the Social Movements of Korea 11. Corruption in government-business relations in Republic of Korea 12. The environmental movement in South Korea 13. South Korea – the "making" of a working class in a newly industrialized country 14. Neoliberal Globalization and Labor Relations in Korea 15. Labor Movements in Democratized Korea: An Old or New Social Movement? 16. Mobilizing the Public Opinions for/against Foreign Labor Policies in Korea, 1995-2005: NGOs, Trade Unions, and Employers Association in Contested Terrain
Hee-yeon Cho, Sungkonghoe University, South Korea Lawrence Surendra, University of Mysore, India Hyo-je Cho, Sungkonghoe University, South Korea
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