The Politics of Economic Reform in South Korea: A Fragile Miracle

ISBN-13: 9780415145039 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 300 str.

Tat Yan Kong

Opis

Focusing on Korea, this work explores the reasons why this state has experienced gradual economic reform while other authoritarian regimes have been swept away by the dual revolution of democratization and economic liberalization. Tat Yan Kong argues that the East Asian path through these transitions has been the smoothest, with the economic and political practices of authoritarian industrialization being dismantled gradually.Thi s book examines the origins and limitations of this transition in the light of the South Korean experience and addresses key issues such as: the role of the state in promoting economic development; the changing relationship between state, business and labour; the problems experienced during the transition from developmental state to advanced economy; and similarities between Korea and extant models of advanced capitalism.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction: Korea in the comparative political economy debateChapter 2. Pre-1979 patterns of political economy: the making of a fragile miracleChapter 3. Gradualist pattern of trasition: Korea Inc. after the 1979-80 crisisChapter 4. From autonomous state to consensual development? The impact of democratizationChapter 5. Rise and fall of the globalization project: the political economy of 'high cost low efficiency'Chapter 6. The twilight of developmentalism? Korea in the 'IMF Era'Chapter 7. Conclusion: fragile miracle 1979-99

O autorze

Tat Yan Kong