The Economic And Social Modernization Of The Republic Of Korea

Author : Edward S. Mason,Mahn Je Kim,Dwight H. Perkins,Kwang Suk Kim,David C. Cole
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684172252

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The Economic and Social Modernization of the Republic of Korea by Edward S. Mason,Mahn Je Kim,Dwight H. Perkins,Kwang Suk Kim,David C. Cole Pdf

Explores the economic and social development of Korea, primarily in the twentieth century. Includes extensive statistical data. Examines the impact of Japanese colonialism and subsequent macroeconomic development, industrialization, rural development, fiscal and financial development, income distribution, the development of foreign trade, the role of education, foreign assistance, and urbanization. Includes 134 tables and 10 figures summarizing historical statistical data.

Author : Edward Sagendorph Mason
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674231759

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The Economic and Social Modernization of the Republic of Korea by Edward Sagendorph Mason Pdf

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Modernization in the Third World and in Korea -- The Historical Foundations of Modern Economic Growth -- Economic Development in Macroeconomic Terms, 1953-1976 -- Industrialization and Foreign Trade -- Foreign Assistance and Korean Development -- Rural Development -- Government and Business -- Korean Fiscal and Financial Development -- Education -- Population, Urbanization, and Health -- Income Distribution -- Summary and Conclusions -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Author : Edward Sagendorph Mason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:82135028

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The Economic and Social Modernization of the Republic of Korea by Edward Sagendorph Mason Pdf

Author : Kwang Suk Kim,Michael Roemer
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674364759

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Growth and Structural Transformation by Kwang Suk Kim,Michael Roemer Pdf

This study provides a comprehensive overview of Korea's macroeconomic growth and structural change since World War II. The authors explore in detail colonial development, changing national income patterns, relative price shifts, sources of aggregate growth, and sources of sectoral structural change, comparing them with other countries.

Author : David I Steinberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000305128

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The Republic Of Korea by David I Steinberg Pdf

This book concentrates on the process of economic growth, for which Korea today is renowned. It examines some of the salient forces that helped to produce Korea's remarkable change and explores the evolution of the class structure in Korea and the changes it is now experiencing.

Author : Yun-shik Chang,Steven Hugh Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134179374

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Transformations in Twentieth Century Korea by Yun-shik Chang,Steven Hugh Lee Pdf

This edited collection traces the social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of Korea’s dramatic transformation since the late nineteenth century. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the chapters examine the internal and external forces which facilitated the transition towards industrial capitalism in Korea, the consequences and impact of social change, and the ways in which Korean tradition continues to inform and influence contemporary South Korean society. Transformations in Twentieth Century Korea employs a thematic structure to discuss the interrelated elements of Korea’s modernization within agriculture, business and the economy, the state, ideology and culture, and gender and the family. The essays in this volume encompass the Choson dynasty, the colonial period, and postcolonial Korea. Collectively, they provide us with an original and innovative approach to the study of modern Korea, and show how knowledge of the country’s past is critical to understanding contemporary Korean society. With contributions from a number of prominent international scholars within sociology, economics, history, and political science, Transformations in Twentieth Century Korea incorporates a global framework of historical narrative, ideology and culture, and statistical and economic analysis to further our understanding of Korea’s evolution towards modernity.

Author : Changsoo Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Korea
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039302430

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Modernization of Korea and the Impact of the West by Changsoo Lee Pdf

Author : Stein Ringen,Huck-ju Kwon,Ilcheong Yi,Taekyoon Kim,Jooha Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199875931

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The Korean State and Social Policy by Stein Ringen,Huck-ju Kwon,Ilcheong Yi,Taekyoon Kim,Jooha Lee Pdf

There are two great mysteries in the political economy of South Korea. How could a destroyed country in next to no time become a sophisticated and affluent economy? And how could a ruthlessly authoritarian regime metamorphose with relative ease into a stable democratic polity? South Korea was long ruled with harsh authoritarianism, but, strangely, the authoritarian rulers made energetic use of social policy. The Korean State and Social Policy observes South Korean public policy from 1945 to 2000 through the prism of social policy to examine how the rulers operated and worked. After the military coup in 1961, the new leaders used social policy to buy themselves legitimacy. That enabled them to rule in two very different ways simultaneously. In their determination to hold on to power they were without mercy, but in the use of power in governance, their strategy was to co-opt and mobilize with a sophistication that is wholly exceptional among authoritarian rulers. It is governance and not power that explains the Korean miracle. Mobilization is a strategy with consequences. South Korea was not only led to economic development but also, inadvertently perhaps, built up as a society rich in public and civil institutions. When authoritarianism collapsed under the force of nationwide uprisings in 1987, the institutions of a reasonably pluralistic social and political order were there, alive and well, and democracy could take over without further serious drama. This book is about many things: development and modernization, dictatorship and democracy, state capacity and governance, social protection and welfare states, and Korean history. But finally it is about lifting social policy analysis out of the ghetto of self-sufficiency it is often confined to and into the center ground of hard political science.

Author : Lee-Jay Cho
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429723490

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Korea's Political Economy by Lee-Jay Cho Pdf

Over the past three decades, South Korea has moved along a path of strong economic growth and political democratization, attracting worldwide attention and providing valuable lessons for other developing economies. Yet Korea still must grapple with many intractable problems fueled by its rapid industrialization and uneven growth, including unbalanced distribution of wealth, concentrated economic power, and adversarial relationships between management and labor. Within the context of these sweeping changes, this volume explores options for economic and social institutional reform in Korea. Drawing on models of economic development from Japan, the United States, and Europe, a distinguished group of Asian and Western scholars relates the experiences of previously industrialized economies to each facet of Koreas economic system, including national management; taxation and banking; land ownership and use; trade and industrial strategy; and relations among business ownership, management, and labor. In so doing, the contributors provide valuable insights and fresh proposals for a viable model of social and economic modernization. Throughout the volume, the contributors emphasize the importance of Koreas cultural heritage-not only in explaining the nations recent growth but also as a key element of its continued success. By providing an overview of the evolution and interaction of Korean economic, political, and sociocultural institutions, the contributors make clear how these structures mediate the movement between cultural values and economic progress.

Author : Roy Bahl,Chuk Kyo Kim,Chong Kee Park
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684172412

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Public Finances During the Korean Modernization Process by Roy Bahl,Chuk Kyo Kim,Chong Kee Park Pdf

This final volume in the series Studies in the Modernization of the Republic of Korea, 1945–1975, is an analysis of the contribution of tax and expenditure policy to Korea’s rapid economic development during the 1953–1975 period. Based upon specially compiled and comprehensive revenue and expenditure data, the authors first trace the history of Korean fiscal policy during the modernization period and then examine how Korea’s fiscal development has differed from that of other countries. The results of the analysis show that Korea did not follow the traditional path of a steadily increasing tax effort, reliance on direct taxes, and emphasis on income distribution. Instead, through improved tax administration and expenditure control, the savings rate was increased dramatically.

Author : Pyŏng-chʻŏn Yi
Publisher : Homa & Sekey Books
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Korea (South)
ISBN : 9781931907286

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Developmental Dictatorship and the Park Chung-hee Era by Pyŏng-chʻŏn Yi Pdf

By examining the most controversial Park Chung-hee period (1961-1979), Developmental Dictatorship and the Park Chung-hee Era helps the reader rediscover the socioeconomic origins of modern Korea. The essays in this book written by twelve noted Korean social scientists discuss the relationship between South Koreas economic development and totalitarianism in the form of the Park dictatorship. ABOUT THE EDITOR lee Byeong-cheon holds a PhD in economics from Seoul National University. He is a professor in the Department of Economics and International Trade at Kangwon National University. Dr. Lee was a visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley. CONTRIBUTORS Lee Byeong-cheon, Kim Sam-soo, Seo Ick-jin, Yoo Chul-gyue, Lee Sang-cheol, Lee Joung-woo, Lee Chong-suk, Cho Young-chol, Chin Jung-kwon, Han Hong-koo, Hong Seong-tae, Hong Yun-gi.

Author : Kyung-Sup Chang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136990250

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South Korea under Compressed Modernity by Kyung-Sup Chang Pdf

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 as the most crucial micro foundation of South Korea’s economic, social, and political life, Chang demonstrates a shrewd insight into the ways in which family relations and family based interests shape the structural and institutional changes ongoing in South Korea today. While the excessive educational pursuit, family-exploitative welfare, gender-biased industrialization, virtual demise of peasantry, and familial industrial governance in this society have been frequently discussed by local and international scholarship, the author innovatively explicates these remarkable trends from an integrative theoretical perspective of compressed modernity. The family-centered social order and everyday life in South Korea are analyzed as components and consequences of compressed modernity. South Korea under Compressed Modernity is an essential read for anyone studying Contemporary Korea or the development of East Asian societies more generally.

Author : Seung-hun Chun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351215725

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The Economic Development of South Korea by Seung-hun Chun Pdf

How did a country with a dearth of natural resources, a sprawling population congested in a limited arable land transform itself to a modern industrial state within a generation? How could these have been achieved given the lingering geopolitical threats to its very survival as a state, as evidenced by the Korean War and the internecine aggressive posturing of its neighbor from the north? This book looks at strategies, institutional arrangement, role of entrepreneurs and workers in this odyssey, and on how those factors have worked together through effective leadership to transform South Korea’s economic fortunes.

Author : Sang-Chul Suh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684172146

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Growth and Structural Changes in the Korean Economy, 1910–1940 by Sang-Chul Suh Pdf

A detailed exploration of the development of the Korean economy during the colonial period. The work's objectives include the measurement of the rate of growth of the Korean economy during this thirty-year period and an explanation of the unique growth patterns experienced under Japanese occupation. One of the studies on the economic and social modernization of Korea undertaken jointly by the Harvard Institute for International Development and the Korea Development Institute.

Author : O. Yul Kwon
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781784719609

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Social Trust and Economic Development by O. Yul Kwon Pdf

In just one generation, South Korea has transformed from a recipient of foreign aid to a member of the G20. In this informative book, South Korea is used as a case by which to explore and illustrate specific issues arising from the complex relationships between the nation’s economic development and society. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial}