Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea

ISBN-13: 9781032052175 / Miękka / 2023 / 432 str.

Opis

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea offers a ground-breaking study of the socio-political development of the Korean peninsula in the contemporary period.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Part 1: SOCIO-POLITICAL HISTORY  2. Educational Development, Society, and Politics in South Korea  3. Historical Development of Judicial Independence in South Korea: Focus on Colonial and Post-Colonial Period  Part 2: CONTEMPORARY POLITICS  4. Political Structure Changes in South Korea since 1948  5. Evolution of Political Parties and the Party System in South Korea  Part 3: POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT  6. History of the Developmental States: The Case of South Korea  7. Chaebǒl and the Political Economy of South Korean Development, 1945-Present  8. The Evolution Story of South Korea from a Fragile State to an International Actor  Part 4: SOCIETY  9. Religion in Contemporary Korean Society: Interactions between the Past, Present and Future  10. Korean Labour Movement: The Birth, Rise and Transformation of the Democratic Trade Union Movement  Part 5: CULTURE  11. Culture is Power in Dynamic Korea: Soft Power and Government Involvement in the Korean Wave  12. Creating Our Culture Together: The Contemporary Audience for Traditional Korean Music  13. South Korean Film: Commercial Success, Full Service Cinema and the Crisis-Consciousness  14. The South Korean Literary Field and Its Recent Evolution  Part 6: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  15. South Korean National Identity and Inter-Korean Relations since 1945  16. South Korean Relations with North Korea  17. The Past, Present and Future of United States-South Korea Relations  18. Japan-South Korea International Relations  19. Between a Wedge and a Hedge: South Korea’s Dilemma over China Relations  Part 7: SECURITY AND DIPLOMACY  20. Security Dimensions in Light of Changing Dynamics: The Rise of South Korea as a Global Player  21. Continuity and Changes in South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy  Part 8: SOUTH KOREA IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION  22. Korean Language Overseas  23. South Korea in the Secondary Education System in the United Kingdom

O autorze

Sojin Lim is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Lancashire. She has published research on Korea, including Aid Modalities Determinants: South Korea Triangular Cooperation and Implication towards North Korea (2019).

Niki J.P. Alsford is a Professor at the University of Central Lancashire. He has published research on Taiwan, including Transitions to Modernity in Taiwan: The Spirit of 1895 and the Cession of Formosa to Japan (2017).