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Summary:

"This book examines the changes in politics, economics, society, and foreign policy in South Korea since 1980. Starting with a brief description of its history leading up to 1980, this book deals with South Korea's transition to democracy, the stunning economic development achieved since the 1960s, the 1997 financial crisis, and the economic reforms that followed and concludes with the North Korean nuclear crisis and foreign relations with regional powers. The theoretical framework of this book addresses how democratization affected all of these dimensions of South Korea. For instance, democratization allowed for the more frequent alternation of political elites from conservative to liberal and back to conservative. These elites initiated different policies for dealing with North Korea and held different views on South Korea's role in its alliance with the United States. Consequently, ideological divides in South Korean politics became more stark and the political process more combative"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Politics, Economics, and Foreign Relations before 1980
• 2. From Dictatorship to Democracy
• 3. Democratic Consolidation and Social Change
• 4. Economic Development and Financial Crisis
• 5. Economic Reform and the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
• 6. Inter-Korean Relations and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
• 7. South Korea-U.S. Alliance
• 8. South Korea and the Regional Powers.

Author/Creator:

Heo, Uk, 1962-

Contributors:

Roehrig, Terence, 1955-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

South Korea since 1980 [by Heo, U.]

Related Series:

World since 1980

Subjects:

Korea (South) — History — 1988-2002

Korea (South) — Politics and government — 1988-2002

Korea (South) — Economic conditions — 1988-2002

Democratization — Korea (South) — History — 20th century

Korea (South) — History — 2002-

Korea (South) — Politics and government — 2002-

Korea (South) — History — 1960-1988

Korea (South) — Politics and government — 1960-1988

Since 1900

Economic conditions

Democratization

Politics and government

Korea (South)

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DS922.462 .H46 2010eb

ISBNs:

0511927401 (electronic bk.)
9780511927409 (electronic bk.)
9780521761161 [Invalid]
0521761166 [Invalid]
9780521743532 (pbk.) [Invalid]
0521743532 (pbk.) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

689997254

Other Control Numbers:

EBC605027 (source: MiAaPQ)