num_pages: 280
description: This book debunks the rosy success story about South Korean economic development by analyzing how the state and businesses formed an alliance while excluding labor in order to attain economic development and how these three entities were transformed in the process. The author analyzes the paradox of South Korean development from 1960 to 1990--a period during which the country experienced dramatic social economic and political changes. By reexamining South Korea's development through the collaboration and conflict between the state and the chaebol (big businesses) she illuminates the inherent limitations and problems of the developmental state.
language: English
title: Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in South Korean Development, 1960-1990
publisher: State University of New York Press