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The Political Economy of the Small Welfare State in South Korea by Jae-jin Yang

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ISBN-13
9781108402484
Book Title
The Political Economy of the Small Welfare State in South Korea
ISBN
9781108402484
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
Political Economy of the Small Welfare State in South Korea
Item Height
0.7in
Author
Chae-Jin Yang
Item Length
8.9in
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Number of Pages
267 Pages

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This book explains why the Korean welfare state is underdeveloped despite successful industrialization, democratization, a militant labor movement, and a centralized meritocracy. Unlike most social science books on Korea, which tend to focus on its developmental state and rapid economic development, this book deals with social welfare issues and politics during the critical junctures in Korea's history: industrialization in the 1960-70s, the democratization and labor movement in the mid-1980s, globalization and the financial crisis in the 1990s, and the wind of free welfare in the 2010s. It highlights the self-interested activities of Korea's enterprise unionism at variance with those of a more solidaristic industrial unionism in the European welfare states. Korean big business, the chaebol, accommodated the unions' call for higher wages and more corporate welfare, which removed practical incentives for unions to demand social welfare. Korea's single-member-district electoral rules also induce politicians to sell geographically targeted, narrow benefits rather than public welfare for all while presidents are significantly constrained by unpopular tax increase issues. Strong economic bureaucrats acting as veto player also lead Korea to a small welfare state.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1108402488
ISBN-13
9781108402484
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038469538

Product Key Features

Author
Chae-Jin Yang
Publication Name
Political Economy of the Small Welfare State in South Korea
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
267 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz

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'... the book is a convincing account, both explanatory and full of details and up-to-date empirical data, of the enigma of Korea's small welfare state. A must-read for anyone wishing to apprehend the Korea of today and yesterday, and to contemplate its future. Thomas R. Klassen, Journal of East Asian Studies
Table of Content
1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical reinterpretation of the small welfare state in South Korea; 3. The emergence of the small welfare state under the authoritarian developmental state (1961-1987); 4. Democratization and limited welfare state development under the conservative rule (1987-1997); 5. Economic crisis, power shift, and welfare politics under the Kim Dae Jung government (1997-2002); 6. Economic Unionism and the limits of the Korean welfare state under the Roh Moo Hyun government (2003-2007); 7. Wind of welfare and tax politics under the returned conservative rule; 8. Conclusion.
Copyright Date
2017
Topic
World / General
Lccn
2017-009822
Dewey Decimal
330.9519504
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Political Science

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