Korea In The Middle

Author : Boudewijn Walraven
Publisher : Phoenix Books, Inc.
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9057891530

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Korea in the Middle by Boudewijn Walraven Pdf

Throughout history the Korean peninsula has functioned as a crossroads of interaction with other states and cultures. In particular, its meaningful and significant negotiations with Sinitic and Manchurian civilisations have generated original perspectives on the human condition. Until recently the study of Korea , however, has been overlooked or was regarded as merely an academic subdivision of the study of China and Japan . It is only in the past few decades that Korean studies have been recognised as an independent, academic field. This development has found concrete expression in the establishment of various, worldwide, departments of Korean Studies. Korean Studies, however, have also benefited from its past embeddedness in other disciplines or regions. Specialists in Korean Studies often find themselves in a position whereby they have to be conversant with the particularities of neighbouring fields of specialisations, and where they have to take into account different disciplinary approaches. This is regarded as one of the strengths of Korean Studies rather than a liability. The collection of essays in this volume is a celebration of the diversity of Korean Studies as an area study. The subjects chosen and contributors' backgrounds reveal at the same time the diversity within Korean Studies, the variety of perspectives, its fundamental interdisciplinarily nature, and the overlap that is possible with neighbouring areas of study. Despite the apparent disparity in the questions pursued in various contexts, what unites all the contributions is an appreciation of the historical and contemporary role of Korea as a definable community that is quite literally positioned in the middle of East Asian historical, political, economic, and other social transactions.

Author : Denise Potrzeba Lett
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684173112

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In Pursuit of Status by Denise Potrzeba Lett Pdf

In this ethnography of the everyday life of contemporary Korea, Denise Lett argues that South Korea’s contemporary urban middle class not only exhibits upper-class characteristics but also that this reflects a culturally inherited disposition of Koreans to seek high status. Lett shows that Koreans have adapted traditional ways of asserting high status to modern life, and analyzes strategies for claiming high status in terms of occupation, family, lifestyle, education, and marriage.

Author : Denise Potrzeba Lett
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822026238006

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In Pursuit of Status by Denise Potrzeba Lett Pdf

In this ethnography of the everyday life of contemporary Korea, Denise Lett argues that South Korea's contemporary urban middle class not only exhibits upper-class characteristics but also that this reflects a culturally inherited disposition of Koreans to seek high status. Lett shows that Koreans have adapted traditional ways of asserting high status to modern life, and analyzes strategies for claiming high status in terms of occupation, family, lifestyle, education, and marriage. The Harvard-Hallym Series on Korean Studies, published by the Harvard Council on East Asian Studies, is supported by the Korean Institute of Harvard and Hallym University in Korea. The series is committed to the publication of outstanding new scholarly work on Korea, regardless of discipline, in both the humanities and the social sciences.

Author : Hae Won Jeong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000544251

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South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy in the Middle East by Hae Won Jeong Pdf

This book examines theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of middle powers with reference to South Korea’s bilateral relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Iraq. It maps the development, political and diplomatic trajectories between South Korea and Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Iraq against the historical backdrop of ROK-US alliance and the rise of China. Jeong provides a nuanced analysis of the intersectionality of political economy and foreign policy analysis contextualizing state-building processes in ROK and the Middle Eastern countries. This accessible book is intended for students and scholars in area studies and international affairs, career diplomats, and South Korean businesses in the Middle East. It should also prove of practical value for journalists and policy makers who are interested in studying the nexus of domestic, regional and international factors that have configured South Korea’s Middle East policy.

Author : Seungjoo Lee,Sangbae Kim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030760120

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Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy by Seungjoo Lee,Sangbae Kim Pdf

This volume discusses Korea’s role as a middle power in the midst of the 21st century global power shift. Focusing on Korea’s middle power diplomacy from the perspective of coalition building, the book discusses structural factors that shape middle power strategy and diplomacy. Written by leading Korean researchers, the chapters use diverse methodologies to offer a range of perspectives on Korea’s place in the developing global order. Topics discussed include South Korea’s approach to technology policy in the midst of US-China cyber competition, the East Asian ‘Thucydides Trap’, MITKA and middle power diplomacy, Korea’s role in the South China Sea dispute, and South Korean cyber security. Providing a unique treatment of middle power opportunities and motivations in the East Asia region, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, Asian politics, diplomacy, security studies, and global governance.

Author : J. P. Park
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780295743264

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A New Middle Kingdom by J. P. Park Pdf

Historians have claimed that when social stability returned to Korea after a series of devastating invasions by the Japanese and Manchus around the turn of the seventeenth century, the late Chos n dynasty was a period of unprecedented economic and cultural renaissance. This book questions this age-old belief by claiming that true-view landscape and genre�paintings were most likely�adopted to propagandize�social harmony under Chos n rule and to justify the status, wealth,�and land grabs of the ruling class.�This volume also documents the popularity and misunderstanding of art books from China and, most controversially, Korean enthusiasm for artistic programs from Edo Japan, thus challenging academic stereotypes and nationalistic tendencies in scholarship. As the first truly interdisciplinary study of Korean art, A New Middle Kingdom illuminates the reality of the late Chos n society that its visual art attempted hide.

Author : Myungji Yang
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501710742

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From Miracle to Mirage by Myungji Yang Pdf

Myungji Yang’s From Miracle to Mirage is a critical account of the trajectory of state-sponsored middle-class formation in Korea in the second half of the twentieth century. Yang’s book offers a compelling story of the reality behind the myth of middle-class formation. Capturing the emergence, reproduction, and fragmentation of the Korean middle class, From Miracle to Mirage traces the historical process through which the seemingly successful state project of building a middle-class society resulted in a mirage. Yang argues that profitable speculation in skyrocketing prices for Seoul real estate led to mobility and material comforts for the new middle class. She also shows that the fragility inherent in such developments was embedded in the very formation of that socioeconomic group. Taking exception to conventional views, Yang emphasizes the role of the state in producing patterns of class structure and social inequality. She demonstrates the speculative and exclusionary ways in which the middle class was formed. Domestic politics and state policies, she argues, have shaped the lived experiences and identities of the Korean middle class. From Miracle to Mirage gives us a new interpretation of the reality behind the myth. Yang’s analysis provides evidence of how in cultural and objective terms the country’s rapid, compressed program of economic development created a deeply distorted distribution of wealth.

Author : Marco Milani,Antonio Fiori,Matteo Dian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351008747

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The Korean Paradox by Marco Milani,Antonio Fiori,Matteo Dian Pdf

Bringing together an international line up of contributors, this book examines South Korea’s foreign policy strategies designed to cope with the challenges of the post-Cold War regional order and the emergence of a "Korean paradox". Focusing on non-material factors in shaping the decision-making processes of primary actors, such as traditions, beliefs, and identities, this book begins by analysing the emergence of the "Asian Paradox" and explores how different political traditions have influenced South Korea’s foreign and security policies. In the second part (from Chapter 4), this book goes on to deal directly with the key issues in South Korea’s foreign policy today, with an emphasis on the progressive and conservative approaches to the challenges the country faces. This includes the North Korean threat, the alliance with the U.S., relations with China and Russia, the complicated relationship with Japan, and the emerging role of South Korea outside of Northeast Asia. An innovative study of the domestic sources of South Korean foreign policy, The Korean Paradox investigates South Korea’s growing role at both regional and global levels. As such, it will be useful to students and scholars of Korean Studies, International Relations and East Asian Studies more generally.

Author : Andre Schmid
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231506304

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Korea Between Empires, 1895-1919 by Andre Schmid Pdf

Korea Between Empires chronicles the development of a Korean national consciousness. It focuses on two critical periods in Korean history and asks how key concepts and symbols were created and integrated into political programs to create an original Korean understanding of national identity, the nation-state, and nationalism. Looking at the often-ignored questions of representation, narrative, and rhetoric in the construction of public sentiment, Andre Schmid traces the genealogies of cultural assumptions and linguistic turns evident in Korea's major newspapers during the social and political upheavals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Newspapers were the primary location for the re-imagining of the nation, enabling readers to move away from the conceptual framework inherited from a Confucian and dynastic past toward a nationalist vision that was deeply rooted in global ideologies of capitalist modernity. As producers and disseminators of knowledge about the nation, newspapers mediated perceptions of Korea's precarious place amid Chinese and Japanese colonial ambitions and were vitally important to the rise of a nationalist movement in Korea.

Author : Scott A. Snyder
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231546188

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South Korea at the Crossroads by Scott A. Snyder Pdf

Against the backdrop of China’s mounting influence and North Korea’s growing nuclear capability and expanding missile arsenal, South Korea faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its economic prospects and national security. In South Korea at the Crossroads, Scott A. Snyder examines the trajectory of fifty years of South Korean foreign policy and offers predictions—and a prescription—for the future. Pairing a historical perspective with a shrewd understanding of today’s political landscape, Snyder contends that South Korea’s best strategy remains investing in a robust alliance with the United States. Snyder begins with South Korea’s effort in the 1960s to offset the risk of abandonment by the United States during the Vietnam War and the subsequent crisis in the alliance during the 1970s. A series of shifts in South Korean foreign relations followed: the “Nordpolitik” engagement with the Soviet Union and China at the end of the Cold War; Kim Dae Jung’s “Sunshine Policy,” designed to bring North Korea into the international community; “trustpolitik,” which sought to foster diplomacy with North Korea and Japan; and changes in South Korea’s relationship with the United States. Despite its rise as a leader in international financial, development, and climate-change forums, South Korea will likely still require the commitment of the United States to guarantee its security. Although China is a tempting option, Snyder argues that only the United States is both credible and capable in this role. South Korea remains vulnerable relative to other regional powers in northeast Asia despite its rising profile as a middle power, and it must balance the contradiction of desirable autonomy and necessary alliance.

Author : Peng Er Lam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : India
ISBN : 1003353134

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South Korea's New Southern Policy by Peng Er Lam Pdf

"This book examines the first regional strategy of South Korea towards Southeast Asia and India. At issue is how a middle power (a G20 country with the tenth largest economy in the world) seeks to play a larger and more comprehensive role in regions beyond the Korean peninsula. Hitherto, South Korean foreign policy has focused on nuclearizing North Korea, alliance maintenance with the United States, tricky relations with its most important economic partner China, and difficult ties with Japan marred by historical and territorial disputes. The Moon Administration has sought to diversify South Korean foreign policy by elevating ASEAN and India to the same strategic level as the United States, China, Russia and Japan. To be sure, the latter countries continue to be most significant to the Korean peninsula. However, this book offers different country and regional perspectives on Seoul's first regional grand strategy to play a role commensurate with its status as a middle power"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Korea
ISBN : UOM:39015005349066

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Facts about Korea by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Korea
ISBN : UOM:39015033163901

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Korea Annual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hae Won Jeong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1003092101

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South Korea's Middle Power Diplomacy in the Middle East by Hae Won Jeong Pdf

"This book examines theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of middle powers with reference to South Korea's bilateral relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Iraq. It maps the development, political and diplomatic trajectories between South Korea and Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Iraq against the historical backdrop of ROK-US alliance and the rise of China. Jeong provides a nuanced analysis of the intersectionality of political economy and foreign policy analysis contextualizing state-building processes in ROK and the Middle Eastern countries. This accessible book is intended for students and scholars in area studies and international affairs, career diplomats, and South Korean businesses in the Middle East. It should also prove of practical value for journalists and policy makers who are interested in studying the nexus of domestic, regional and international factors that have configured South Korea's Middle East policy"--

Author : Juhn Young Ahn
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780472053773

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Transgression in Korea by Juhn Young Ahn Pdf

Challenges our understanding of transgression-- its causes, goals, and motives-- across a comprehensive reading of South Korean media