Korea confronts globalization
By: edited by Chang Yun-Shik, Seok Hyun-ho, and Donald L. Baker.
Contributors: Chang, Yunshik.; Hyun-ho, Seok.; Baker, Don
Series: Routledge advances in Korean Studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780415458795; 9780203931141
Subjects: Globalization -- Social aspects -- Korea (South); Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Korea (South); National characteristics, Korean; Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 2002-; Korea (South) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Globalization and women in South Korea / Sung-Nam Cho; title: Regionalism in Korea : regional origins of imbalance in the leadership structure of South Korea / Eui-Young Yu; title: Industrial workers, corporate employers, and the government / Chang Yun-Shik; title: Globalization of labour and corporate enterprises in South Korea : labour relations and social adjustment of migrant workers / Hyun-ho Seok; title: Stumbling democracy in South Korea : the impacts of globalization and restructuring / Hyun-Chin Lim; title: Left and right in South Korea / Chang Yun-Shik; title: Globalization and value conflict in contemporary Korea / Jonghoe Yang; title: Tradition modernized : globalization and Korea's new religions / Donald Baker; title: Globalization and welfare reform in South Korea : performance and limitations / Byung Yung Ahn.