Editors:
- Addresses the key issues of disaster and governance in an East Asian society, through the lens of a revealing an recent case study, the Sewol incident
- Considers how fast track political and economic modernization has impacted on governance and civil society in South Korea
- Highlights the relevance of the Sewol incident beyond South Korea’s borders, particularly for other societies on fast development tracks and facing similar challenges
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Focusing on the sinking of the Sewol, a commercial ferry which capsized off the South Korean coast in April 2014, this book considers key issues of disaster, governance, civil society and the ideational transformation of human agents and their empowerment. Providing a lens through which to re-examine South Korean institutions, laws and practices, the volume examines the impact of the Sewol incident and what it reveals about the fault lines of South Korean society and governance. It addresses the repercussions of South Korea’s turn to a liberal democracy and neoliberal economy and reflects on the multilayered implications of the disaster in respect to the potential human costs of the country’s state-driven development policy and high stress modernisation. The book also highlights the relevance of the Korean experience for other societies on a similar developmental trajectories and facing similar challenges.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Politics and International Studies, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
Jae-Jung Suh
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Chair, Human Rights Research Committee, International Political Science Association (IPSA), Quebec, Japan
Mikyoung Kim
About the editors
Jae-Jung Suh is Professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. He has served as Associate Professor and Director of Korea Studies at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University and Assistant Professor in Department of Government at Cornell University as well as on the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning (Republic of Korea).
Mikyoung Kim is International PoliticalScience Association (IPSA) Chair of Human Rights Research Committee. She has published many refereed articles and book chapters on memory, reconciliation, and human rights in East Asia. She was a two-term member of ROK National Unification Advisory Council (2012-15).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Challenges of Modernization and Governance in South Korea
Book Subtitle: The Sinking of the Sewol and Its Causes
Editors: Jae-Jung Suh, Mikyoung Kim
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4023-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4022-1Published: 10 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5027-6Published: 11 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4023-8Published: 31 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 227
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Sociology, Sustainable Development, Development Economics