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Rural Women and Triple Exploitation in Korean Development

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Dong-Sook Shin Gills

    1. School of Social and International Studies, University of Sunderland, UK

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-4

  3. Agriculture in the Korean Development Model

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-6
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    2. Primitive Capital Accumulation and Agriculture

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      Pages 7-22

    3. Economic Crisis and the Stagnation of Agriculture

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      Pages 23-35

    4. Unequal Exchange between Agriculture and Industry

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      Pages 36-59

    5. Globalisation and Rural Poverty

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      Pages 60-83

  4. Patriarchal Relations and Modes of Production: Towards an Analytical Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-86
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    2. Patriarchal Relations and Sexual Division of Labour

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      Pages 87-105

    3. Women in the Contemporary World Economic System

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      Pages 106-118

    4. The Triple Exploitation of Rural Women in Korea

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      Pages 119-137

  5. Rural Women’s Labour in Korea

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-142
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    2. Socioeconomic Structure of Farming Villages

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      Pages 143-168

    3. The Extension of Rural Women’s Labour

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      Pages 169-195

    4. Rural Women and Power Relations

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      Pages 196-207

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

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      Pages 208-212

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 213-239
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About this book

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the unrecognized role played and burden borne by rural women during the last four decades of South Korean economic development. It offers a new critical understanding of the crucial role played by rural women in the Korean economic 'miracle'.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Social and International Studies, University of Sunderland, UK

    Dong-Sook Shin Gills

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About the author

DONG-SOOK S. GILLS teaches the Sociology of Development and International Political Economy at the School of Social and International Studies, University of Sunderland. Her main research interests are the development of capitalism, global inequality and women in the Third World. She is currently researching economic globalisation and Korean agriculture
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