Korean Modernization and Uneven Development : Alternative Sociological Accounts / / by Kim Kyong-Dong

• Autore: Kyong-Dong Kim
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2017.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXIV, 286 p. 29 illus.)
• Disciplina: 306.095
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology—Asia; Philosophy, Asian; Area studies; Culture; Asian Culture; Non-Western Philosophy; Area Studies; Sociology of Culture
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue -- What Made Korea Tick? Alternative Accounts of the Distinctive Features of Korea's Economic Modernization -- What Has Transpired in the Process of Korean Modernization? A Thematic Approach to the Nature of Social Change -- The Myths of Korean Democracy: Cultural-Structural Lag in Korean Politics -- Political and Cultural Selectivity in the Dynamics of Industrial Relations in Korea: An Alternative Sociological Approach -- Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, it focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret, characterize, globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Korean Modernization and Uneven Development
• ISBN: 981-10-3494-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910255071203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II