Tat Yan Kong

The Politics of Economic Reform in South Korea

A Fragile Miracle

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive and authoritative account of the development of the Korean economy combines an historical approach with a substantial treatment of the new economy. Its fresh analysis of the recent transition and systematic treatment of labour issues represent a significant contribution to the scholarship on the politics of development. It is an essential resource for students of comparative political economy and East Asian development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780415145039
• ISBN-10: 0415145031
• Artikelnr.: 22588261

Autorenporträt

Tat Yan Kong

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction: Korea in the comparative political economy
debateChapter 2. Pre-1979 patterns of political economy: the making of a
fragile miracleChapter 3. Gradualist pattern of trasition: Korea Inc. after
the 1979-80 crisisChapter 4. From autonomous state to consensual
development? The impact of democratizationChapter 5. Rise and fall of the
globalization project: the political economy of 'high cost low
efficiency'Chapter 6. The twilight of developmentalism? Korea in the 'IMF
Era'Chapter 7. Conclusion: fragile miracle 1979-99