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Korean Modernization and Uneven Development: Alternative Sociological Accounts de Kim Kyong-Dong

Korean Modernization and Uneven Development: Alternative Sociological Accounts

Autor Kim Kyong-Dong
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Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, this book focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret, characterize, globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes.







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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789811034930
ISBN-10: 9811034931
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: XXIV, 286 p. 29 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2017
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore

Cuprins

Prologue.- What Made Korea Tick? Alternative Accounts of the Distinctive Features of Korea's Economic Modernization.- What Has Transpired in the Process of Korean Modernization? A Thematic Approach to the Nature of Social Change.- The Myths of Korean Democracy: Cultural-Structural Lag in Korean Politics.- Political and Cultural Selectivity in the Dynamics of Industrial Relations in Korea: An Alternative Sociological Approach.- Epilogue.

Recenzii

“This three-volume series is a magnificent synthesis of questions and debates over modernization, development and Confucianism in the context of Korea and East Asia. … In sum, the trilogy is a great accomplishment not only for the author, but also for the Korean sociological community, channeling their distinctive experience of modernization with global academia.” (Jaeyeol Yee, Development and Society, Vol. 46 (3), December, 2017)

Notă biografică

Dr Kim Kyong-Dong is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Seoul National University, South Korea. The preeminent sociologist in Korea, he has devoted his career to analyzing and comparing "east" and "west" issues from a cultural perspective. After gaining his PhD at Cornell University in the US, Professor Kim was a visiting scholar in the US, Taiwan, France and a Fellow  at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, DC, as well as President of the Korean Sociological Association. He has widely published in English, Korean, Japanese and French on issues of development and modernization, social change and industrialization, sociological theory, education and religion.

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Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, it focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret, characterize, globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes.

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Provides a useful tool to understand the experience of modernization and development in the region of East Asia and attain a balanced view of world cultures in the global effort to handle key contemporary issues Demonstrates the usefulness of an eclectic methodology relying on culturally specific approaches holistic, and moral-ethical approaches typical of Eastern scholarship Encourages a less abstract tradition of scholarship, emphasizing the relevance to real world issues impact of social research in the global modernization effort