Korea briefing, 1990

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Korea briefing, 1990

edited by Chong-Sik Lee

Westview Press, 1991

  • pbk.

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"Published in cooperation with the Asia Society, Deborah Field Washburn, series editor."

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780813380094

Description

"Korea Briefing, 1990" initiates a series of comprehensive annual reviews of issues and events in the Republic of Korea and on the peninsula as a whole. In this inaugural volume, senior specialists focus on developments between 1987 and 1990, important transitional years for South Korea. The contributors assess the experiment in democracy and its effect on the economy and on society - including labour, students, dissidents, and the burgeoning middle class. They also describe and interpret the dramatic changes in foreign relations and in relations between North and South Korea. A special chapter covering recent trends in literature, art, and the performing arts shows how these are linked to the changing political atmosphere. Exploring the country's Confucian heritage, the final chapter depicts contemporary South Korea in terms of the creative tension between tradition and modernity. "Korea Briefing, 1990" provides both students and specialist with a useful overview of a rapidly changing society.

Table of Contents

  • The experiment in democracy, Sung-Joo Han
  • foreign relations - an expanded diplomatic agenda, Byung-Joon Ahn
  • North and South Korea - from confrontation to negotiation, Chong-Sik Lee
  • the Korean economy - structural adjustment for future growth, Bon-Ho Koo
  • South Korean society, Vincent S.R. Brandt
  • on native grounds - revolution and renaissance in art and culture, Seong-Kon Kim
  • Korean modernity - change and continuity, Michael C. Kalton.
Volume

pbk. ISBN 9780813380100

Description

"Korea Briefing, 1990" initiates a series of comprehensive annual reviews of issues and events in the Republic of Korea and on the peninsula as a whole. In this inaugural volume, senior specialists focus on developments between 1987 and 1990, important transitional years for South Korea. The contributors assess the experiment in democracy and its effect on the economy and on society - including labour, students, dissidents, and the burgeoning middle class. They also describe and interpret the dramatic changes in foreign relations and in relations between North and South Korea. A special chapter covering recent trends in literature, art, and the performing arts shows how these are linked to the changing political atmosphere. Exploring the country's Confucian heritage, the final chapter depicts contemporary South Korea in terms of the creative tension between tradition and modernity. "Korea Briefing, 1990" provides both students and specialist with a useful overview of a rapidly changing society.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction, Chong-Sik Lee
  • the experiment in democracy, Sung-Joo Han
  • foreign relations - an expanded diplomatic agenda, Byung-Joon Ahn
  • North and South Korea - from confrontation to negotiation, Chong-Sik Lee
  • the Korean economy - structural adjustment for future growth, Bon-Ho Koo
  • South Korean society, Vincent S. R. Brandt
  • on native grounds - revolution and renaissance in Art and culture, Seong-Kon Kim
  • Korean modernity - change and continuity, Michael C. Kalton.

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  • NCID
    BA13085520
  • ISBN
    • 081338009X
    • 0813380103
  • LCCN
    91022460
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boulder
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 175 p.
  • Size
    24 cm.
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