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Autore |
Chang KyoÌng-soÌp |
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Titolo |
South Korea under compressed modernity : familial political economy in transition / / Chang Kyung-Sup |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-99026-7 |
1-282-58704-8 |
9786612587047 |
0-203-85439-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in Korean studies ; ; 19 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social change - Korea (South) |
Families - Korea (South) |
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Korea (South) Social conditions 1988- |
Korea (South) Civilization 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-174) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Compressed modernity and its familial basis -- Accidental pluralism -- The social investment family and educational politics -- The nuclear family and welfare politics -- Women's labor and gendered industrialization -- The peasant family and rural-urban relations -- Chaebol : the logic of familial capitalism -- Politics of defamiliation -- The sustainability crisis of familial modernity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The condensed social change and complex social order governing South Koreans' life cannot be satisfactorily delineated by relying on West-derived social theories or culturalist arguments. Nor can various globally eye-catching traits of this society in industrial work, education, popular culture, and a host of other areas be analyzed without developing innovative conceptual tools and theoretical frameworks designed to tackle the South Korean uniqueness directly. This book provides a fascinating account of South Korean society and its contemporary transformation. Focusing on the family |
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