Korea's quest for economic democratization : globalization, polarization and contention /: globalization, polarization and contention. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yongmi Kim, editor.
• Editors: Kim, Youngmi
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Editor and Contributors; Acronyms; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Hell Joseon: Polarization and Social Contention in a Neo-liberal Age ; Wealth Concentration, Polarization and Contention; From rags to riches: Government-labour relations in Korean post-war history and the advent of -; Aims and Contribution; Argument; Book Overview; References; Chapter 2 Globalization, Democracy and Social Polarization in South Korea ; Introduction; Globalization and Democracy: Four Perspectives; The Neoliberal Argument: Globalization Promotes Democracy The Democratic Globalization Argument: Democracy Facilitates GlobalizationThe Anti-globalization Argument: Globalization Hinders the Development of Democracy; Anti-globalist Democracy Argument: Democracy Impedes Globalization; Globalization and Social Polarization; Social Polarization in South Korea; Neoliberal Globalization and Social Polarization; Class Polarization; Polarization in Income Groups; Polarization in Education; Polarization in Employment between Regular and Irregular Workers; The Neoliberal Solution to Polarization Under the Lee Myung-bak Government The Possibility of Resolving Social Polarization Under a Globalized EconomyNurturing the Middle Class; Welfare for Low-Income Workers; The Parallel Development of Growth and Welfare; References; Chapter 3 Democracy Disenchanted and Autocracy Glamorized in Korea ; Introduction; Authoritarian Economic Growth with Equity; Democratic Political Freedom with Socioeconomic Inequality; Attachment to Egalitarianism and Conception of the Paternalistic State; Critical of Dismal Government Performance and Distrustful of Democratic Legitimacy; Nostalgia for an Authoritarian Era In Lieu of a Conclusion: Korean Democracy at a CrossroadsReferences; Chapter 4 Emerging Cleavages in Korean Society: Region, Generation, Ideology, and Class ; Inequality in Korean Society; The Missing Class Cleavage: Is Korea an Outlier?; Old and New Cleavages in Korea; Electoral Regionalism in South Korea; Research Design; Dependent Variable; Independent Variables; Statistical Analysis; Findings; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Korea Tripartism in Retrospect ; Introduction: Korean Tripartism as the Governance of Crisis?; Labour Governance Under Authoritarianism Democratization and Labour Governance Post-1987The Aborted Tripartism Under Kim Young-Sam Government; The Tripartite Commission and the Social Pact of February 6, 1998; The Rough Road to Tripartism; Tripartism Under the Roh Moo-Hyun Government; Jobless Growth and Economic Bipolarization; Stagnant Tripartism; Tripartism Lacking Social Dialogue; The Future of Tripartism in South Korea: Where Should It Go?; Supply-Side Corporatism; Responsive Corporatism; Meso and Decentralized Corporatism; Concluding Remarks: Lessons from the Korean Experience of Tripartism; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 303 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 330.9957; 339.5; Political science; Democratization -- Korea (South); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference; Democratization; Economic history; Economic policy; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Political Science -- Globalization; Political structures: democracy; Political economy; Globalization; Democracy; Political economy; Globalization; Politics & government; Korea (South) -- Economic policy; Korea (South) -- Economic conditions; Korea (South); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319570662; 3319570668
• Related ISBNs: 9783319570655; 331957065X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed September 19, 2017).
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