Social and economic policies in Korea
Subtitle: ideas, networks, and linkages
By: Dong-Myeon Shin.
Publisher: Routledge; RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Korea (South) -- Economic policy -- 1960-; Korea (South) -- Social policy
Description: The sustained remarkable economic growth in the East Asian countries - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore - has brought about a great deal of debate over the role of the state in the market and society. Shin analyses the dynamic process of state interventions in the economy and social affairs in Korea from the early 1960s until the present with special reference to five policy areas: macro-economic policy, industrial policy, social security policy, labour policy, and education and training policy. Social and Economic Policies in Korea develops a unique explanation about the development of Korean social policy using the concepts of 'policy idea', 'policy network', and 'policy-linkages' to examine the causes, patterns and consequences of state interventions in the economy and social affairs over time. It should interest students and researchers of East Asian studies, social policy and development studies. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The roles of the state in the economy and social welfare; title: A theoretical framework for analysing the process of policy; title: Social and economic policies during the export-led industrialisation in the 1960s; title: Social and economic policies during the heavy and chemical industrialisation in the 1970s; title: Stabilisation, liberalisation and social policies : 1980-1992; title: Social and economic policies under globalisation : 1993-1997; title: Financial crisis, economic policy, and social policy : 1998-present; title: Conclusions; title: Epilogue.