
Adapt, Fragment, Transform
Corporate Restructuring and System Reform in South Korea
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies (Publisher)
Published on 24. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-1-931368-21-6 (ISBN)
Description
South Korea remains a puzzle for political economists. The country has experienced phenomenal economic growth since the 1960s, but its upward trajectory has been repeatedly diverted by serious systemic crises, followed by spectacular recoveries. The recoveries are often the result of vigorous structural reforms that nonetheless retain many of South Korea's traditional economic institutions. How, then, can South Korea suffer from persistent systemic instability and yet prove so resilient? What remains the same and what changes?
The contributors to this volume consider the South Korean economy in its larger political context. Moving beyond the easy dichotomies-equilibrium vs. disequilibrium and stability vs. instability-they describe a complex and surprisingly robust economic and political system. Further, they argue that neither systemic challenges nor political pressures alone determine South Korea's stability and capacity for change. Instead, it is distinct patterns of interaction that shape this system's characteristics, development, and evolution.
The contributors to this volume consider the South Korean economy in its larger political context. Moving beyond the easy dichotomies-equilibrium vs. disequilibrium and stability vs. instability-they describe a complex and surprisingly robust economic and political system. Further, they argue that neither systemic challenges nor political pressures alone determine South Korea's stability and capacity for change. Instead, it is distinct patterns of interaction that shape this system's characteristics, development, and evolution.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Stanford
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-931368-21-6 (9781931368216)
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Byung-Kook Kim directed the East Asia Institute (2002-08), before serving as the senior secretary for Foreign Affairs and National Security in the Lee Myung-bak presidency. Eun Mee Kim is professor at the Graduate School of International Studies and director of the Institute for Development and Human Security, Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.