Korea and Globalization [electronic resource] : Politics, Economics and Culture.
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TextPublication details: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781136859717
- 1136859713
- Globalization
- Korea -- Civilization -- 20th century
- Korea -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
- Korea -- Politics and government -- 1960-
- Politik
- Globalisierung
- Wirtschaft
- Kultur
- Korea
- Globalization
- Korea -- Civilization -- 20th century
- Korea -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
- Korea -- Politics and government -- 1960-
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
- 303.48/25195 303.4825195
- HF1602.5 .K674
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Cover; KOREA AND GLOBALIZATION: POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Globalization and Recent Changes to Daily Life in the Republic of Korea; Chapter 2 Labor, Capital, and the Globalization of the Korean Economy; Chapter 3 From Insularity to segyehwa: The Political Economy of Globalization in Korea; Chapter 4 Commonalities and Differences between the Cultures of North and South Korea and the Unifcation of the Peninsula.
Chapter 5 The Japan That Does Not Exist and The Ugly Korean: An Essay on the History of Korean-Japanese Relations and their Contemporary Images of Each OtherChapter 6 The Tropitạka Koreana: Its Computerization and Significance for the Cultural Sciences in a Modern Globalized World; Chapter 7 The Re-globalization of Korean Literature; Chapter 8 In the Global Arena: Korea the United Nations, and Peace-keeping Operations; Contributors; Index.
Korea faces two challenges in the twenty-first century: unification and globalization. Both entail problems of economic, political and cultural integration. In the past, Koreans successfully 'unified' in various forms, and 'globalized' in many ways. This book is a study of the theme of globalization, addressing various aspects of Korea's integration into the global community from a social scientific or humanistic perspective. This investigation begins with a focus on contemporary South and North Korea: the 'globalized' southern daily life, South Korean labour as a global player, the southern d.
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