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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255071203321

Autore

Kyong-Dong Kim

Titolo

Korean Modernization and Uneven Development : Alternative Sociological Accounts / / by Kim Kyong-Dong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-3494-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIV, 286 p. 29 illus.)

Disciplina

306.095

Soggetti

Ethnology—Asia

Philosophy, Asian

Area studies

Culture

Asian Culture

Non-Western Philosophy

Area Studies

Sociology of Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- What Made Korea Tick? Alternative Accounts of the Distinctive Features of Korea's Economic Modernization -- What Has Transpired in the Process of Korean Modernization? A Thematic Approach to the Nature of Social Change -- The Myths of Korean Democracy: Cultural-Structural Lag in Korean Politics -- Political and Cultural Selectivity in the Dynamics of Industrial Relations in Korea: An Alternative Sociological Approach -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, it focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret, characterize, globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes.