Author : D. Gills
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 1999-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0333983327
This book is a comprehensive analysis of the unrecognized role played and burden borne by rural women during the last four decades of South Korean economic development. It offers a new critical understanding of the crucial role played by rural women in the Korean economic 'miracle'.
Author : Dong-Sook Shin Gills
Publisher :
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 37,39 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Korea (South)
ISBN : 9780333734155
There is a relative poverty of literature on rural women in South Korea. This book analyses the 'triple exploitation' of rural women as an integral part of the industrialisation process in Korea since the 1960s. It explores the hidden, but nonetheless very significant, linkages between rural village women, national development and the global economy. Dong-Sook Shin Gills argues that rural women's labour systematically subsidised low-wage labour in manufacturing export industries - upon which economic growth depended. There are many tiers of exploitation: these women are exploited through the subordination of peasant farming to urban industry; through developmentalist ideology; and through societal patriarchal relations. The book includes analysis of empirical data collected by field survey from rural villages. The author concludes that rural women's labour held up the whole edifice of the economic `miracle' of South Korea, right from 'the bottom of the heap'.
Author : John Duncan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 2004-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1442234822
The University of Washington-Korea Studies Program, in collaboration with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, is proud to publish the Journal of Korean Studies. In 1979 Dr. James Palais (PhD Harvard 1968), former UW professor of Korean History edited and published the first volume of the Journal of Korean Studies. For thirteen years it was a leading academic forum for innovative, in-depth research on Korea. In 2004 former editors Gi-Wook Shin and John Duncan revived this outstanding publication at Stanford University. In August 2008 editorial responsibility transferred back to the University of Washington. With the editorial guidance of Clark Sorensen and Donald Baker, the Journal of Korean Studies (JKS) continues to be dedicated to publishing outstanding articles, from all disciplines, on a broad range of historical and contemporary topics concerning Korea. In addition the JKS publishes reviews of the latest Korea-related books. To subscribe to the Journal of Korean Studies or order print back issues, please click here.
Author : Gary Dymski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1315499711
This innovative book analyzes the changes that financial globalization is bringing about in the housing and home-finance markets of the United States, Japan, and South Korea, with special attention to the circumstances of women in obtaining housing, credit, and personal security. The book's focus on changes in the residential and housing finance markets serves as a window for an integrated examination of how the liberalization of national financial markets has affected the relationship among all players in each of the three economies - government, markets, and individual citizens. Through this examination Housing Finance Futures develops a new critical response to economic globalization based on a groundbreaking concept, the social efficiency of policy and market shifts.
Author : Iain Pirie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,35 MB
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134141580
Ian Pirie gives a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of state and economic restructuring in South Korea since the 1997 crisis.
Author : Michael J Seth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 23,61 MB
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1317811496
Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century when Korea became entangled in the world of modern imperialism and the old social, economic and political order began to change; this handbook brings together cutting edge scholarship on major themes in Korean History. Contributions by experts in the field cover the Late Choson and Colonial periods, Korea’s partition and the diverging paths of North and South Korea. Topics covered include: The division of Korea Religion Competing imperialisms Economic change War and rebellions Nationalism Gender North Korea Under Kim Jong Il Global Korea The Handbook provides a stimulating introduction to the most important themes within the subject area, and is an invaluable reference work for any student and researcher of Korean History.
Author : Anthony G. McGrew
Publisher : Polity
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 37,8 MB
Release : 2007-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745630863
Whether globalization, development and human security are inescapably trapped within a vicious circle or a virtuous circle is the central concern of this book.
Author : Dong-Sook S. Gills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 113452076X
This book sheds light on the real experiences of women in different societies, exploring the impact of globalization through the changing nature of the labour of women. A comprehensive survey of women and work is provided by using case studies and empirical data collected from throughout Asia and also includes an analysis of Asian immigrants working in the US. This book is an invaluable resource, accessible to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of women's studies, labour relations, international political economy and Asian studies.
Author : Jin-kyung Lee
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0816651256
A compelling alternative narrative of the modern "miracle" of South Korea.
Author : F. Xu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 11,81 MB
Release : 2000-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0333978099
Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform studies unmarried women migrant workers in China. As international migrants in China's richest province, they work in silk, one of China's oldest and most symbolically-charged industries. Through extensive interviews and a wide-ranging interpretation of the secondary literature, this book brings an interdisciplinary approach to its study of power and identity. Gender, class, and local identities matter in the factories and streets of a one-industry town, and municipal and factory leaders seek to rework these over-shifting forces to build a low-cost, reliable labour force. The women in question seek to rework these disadvantages by the same forces, have other aspirations!
