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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965501903321

Autore

Kim Hyung-A <1948->

Titolo

Korea's development under Park Chung Hee : rapid industrialization, 1961-79 / / Kim Hyung-A

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

ISBN

1-134-34982-3

0-203-35642-X

0-415-51120-8

1-280-07556-2

1-134-34983-1

Descrizione fisica

xix, 280 p. : ill

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia series ; ; 5

Disciplina

951.95/043

Soggetti

Presidents - Korea (South)

Korea (South) Politics and government 1960-1988

Korea (South) Economic policy 1960-1988

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Road to military revolution -- pt. 2. Military rule and nation building -- pt. 3. All out reform -- pt. 4. Conclusion : the legacy of the Park era.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on personal interviews with the principal policy-makers of the 1970s, Korea's Development under Park Chung-Hee examines how the president sought to develop South Korea into an independent, autonomous sovereign state both economically and militarily. Kim provides a new narrative in the complex task of exploring the paradoxical nature and effects of Korea's rapid development which maintains that any judgement of Park must consider his achievements in the socio-economic, cultural and political context in which they took place. Aspects of Park's government analyzed include: *his abhorrence of Korea's reliance on the US presence *the Korean model of state-guided industrialization *Park's rapid development strategy *the role of the ruling elites *Park's clandestine nuclear development program *the heavy chemical industrialisation of the 1970s The prevailing popularity



of Park in the eyes of the Korean public is significant and relevant to their acceptance of how their national development was achieved. This book tells that story while simultaneously recognizing the flaws in the process. With a great deal of material never before published, scholars of Korean politics and history at all levels will find this book a stimulating account of South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s.