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Korean Modernization and Uneven Development

Alternative Sociological Accounts

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  1. Kim Kyong-Dong

    1. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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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

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Prologue

    • Kim Kyong-Dong
    Pages 1-12

  3. What Made Korea Tick? Alternative Accounts of the Distinctive Features of Korea’s Economic Modernization

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    Pages 13-76

  4. What Has Transpired in the Process of Korean Modernization? A Thematic Approach to the Nature of Social Change

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    Pages 77-150

  5. The Myths of Korean Democracy: Cultural-Structural Lag in Korean Politics

    • Kim Kyong-Dong
    Pages 151-206

  6. Political and Cultural Selectivity in the Dynamics of Industrial Relations in Korea: An Alternative Sociological Approach

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    Pages 207-249

  7. Epilogue

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    Pages 251-254

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 255-286
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About this book

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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“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)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Kim Kyong-Dong

About the author

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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