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

• Autore: Chang KyoÌng-soÌp
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.85095195/09045
• Soggetto topico: Social change - Korea (South); Families - Korea (South)
• Soggetto geografico: Korea (South) Social conditions 1988-; Korea (South) Civilization 21st century
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: South Korea under compressed modernity
• ISBN: 1-136-99025-9; 1-136-99026-7; 1-282-58704-8; 9786612587047; 0-203-85439-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910800067403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in Korean studies ; ; 19.