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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451656903321

Autore

Shin Dong-Myeon <1966-, >

Titolo

Social and economic policies in Korea : ideas, networks and linkages / / Dong-Myeon Shin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

0-203-44996-7

1-134-46771-0

1-280-02255-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon advances in Korean studies ; ; 3

Disciplina

338.95195

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Korea (South) Economic policy 1960-1988

Korea (South) Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The roles of the state in the economy and social welfare -- A theoretical framework for analysing the process of policy formation and change -- Social and economic policies during the export-led industrialisation of the 1960s -- Social and economic policies during the heavy and chemical industrialisation in the 1970s -- Stabilisation, liberalisation and social policies : 1980-1992 -- Social and economic policies under globalisation : 1993-1997 -- Financial crisis, economic policy, and social policy : 1998-present -- Conclusions -- Epilogue : assessment of the existing social security system in Korea.

Sommario/riassunto

A unique explanation of the development of Korean social policy using the concepts of 'policy idea', 'policy network' and 'policy-linkages' to examine the causes, patterns and consequences of state interventions in the economy and social affairs.