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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459160303321

Autore

Chang KyoÌng-soÌp

Titolo

South Korea under compressed modernity : familial political economy in transition / / Chang Kyung-Sup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99026-7

1-282-58704-8

9786612587047

0-203-85439-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in Korean studies ; ; 19

Disciplina

306.85095195/09045

Soggetti

Social change - Korea (South)

Families - Korea (South)

Electronic books.

Korea (South) Social conditions 1988-

Korea (South) Civilization 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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