South Koreans in the debt crisis
Subtitle: the creation of a neoliberal welfare society
By: Jesook Song.
Series: Asia-pacific : culture, politics, and society; Asia-Pacific
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780822344643; 9780822344810
Subjects: Financial crises -- Korea (South); Welfare state -- Korea (South); Public welfare -- Korea (South); Neoliberalism -- Korea (South); Korea (South) -- Economic conditions -- 1988-; Korea (South) -- Economic policy -- 1988-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The emergence of the neoliberal welfare state in South Korea; title: The Seoul train station square and the house of freedom; title: "Family breakdown" and invisible homeless women; title: Assumptions and images of homeless women's needs; title: Youth as neoliberal subjects of welfare and labor; title: The dilemma of progressive intellectuals; title: Coda : the pursuit of well-being.