Nation building in South Korea : Koreans, Americans, and the making of a democracy / / Gregg Brazinsky

• Autore: Brazinsky Gregg
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.7305195
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - Korea - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Korea; Korea Foreign relations United States; Korea (South) Politics and government; Korea (South) Economic conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-290) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Security over democracy -- Institution building: civil society -- Institution building: the military -- Toward developmental autocracy -- Development over democracy -- Engaging South Korean intellectuals -- Molding South Korean youth -- Toward democracy.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this ambitious and innovative study Gregg Brazinsky examines American nation building in South Korea during the Cold War. Marshaling a vast array of new American and Korean sources, he explains why South Korea was one of the few postcolonial nations that achieved rapid economic development and democratization by the end of the twentieth century. Brazinsky contends that a distinctive combination of American initiatives and Korean agency enabled South Korea's stunning transformation. On one hand, Americans supported the emergence of a developmental autocracy that spurred economic growth in a
• Titolo autorizzato: Nation building in South Korea
• ISBN: 979-88-9313-208-3; 1-4696-0486-8; 0-8078-6779-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822808903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Cold War history.