Korean society : civil society, democracy and the state
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Korean society : civil society, democracy and the state
(Asia's transformations / edited by Mark Selden)
Routledge, 2007
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 18 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
While most analyses of Korean politics have looked to elites to explain political change, this new and revised edition of Korean Society examines the role of ordinary people in this dramatic transformation. Taking the innovative theme of 'civil society' - voluntary organizations outside the role of the state which have participated in the process of political and social democratization - the essays collected here examine Korea as one of the most dramatic cases in the world of ordinary citizens participating in the transformation of politics.
Key topics discussed include:
comparisons of Korean democratization to the experiences of post-authoritarian regimes elsewhere in the world
comparisons of the theory of civil society as developed in Western Europe and America
the legacy of Korea's Confucian past for contemporary politics and society
close examinations of various civil society movements
South Korea and North Korea.
Conceptually innovative, up-to-date and timely, the new edition of this book will be an invaluable resource for students of contemporary Korea, Asian politics and the global struggle for democracy.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Second Edition 1. Civil Society in West and East 2. The Problematic Modernity of Confucianism: "Civil Society" in Choson Korea 3. Civil Society and Democratization in South Korea 4. Engendering Civil Society: The Role of the Labor Movement 5. The South Korean Student Movement: Undongkwon as Counterpublic Sphere 6. Women and Civil Society in South Korea 7. Commemorating Kwangju: The 5.18 Movement and Civil Society in the Late 1990s 8. Protestant Christianity and the State 9. Beyond the DMZ: The Possibility of Civil Society in North Korea
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