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Warrior Worker
Robert Kearney
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Description for Warrior Worker
Hardcover. Examines the nature of South Korea's economic success, and asks whether the country's current prosperity is inextricably bound up with political repression. Kearney also considers the threat that such an economically successful and authoritarian system poses to the West. Num Pages: 250 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; JP; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
In just three decades, despite endemic political corruption, the continuous state of hostility with its northern neighbour, and the effects of years of foreign oppression, South Korea has achieved an economic miracle. The South Korean workforce, more disciplined and hard-working than the Japanese, is the key to the transformation, and is now becoming a model for other emergent Far-Eastern nations. But the economic success has been achieved at a cost. A rigid authoritarianism pervades all aspects of society, crushing all dissent and protest. This book examines the nature of South Korea's economic success, and asks whether the country's current prosperity ... Read more
In just three decades, despite endemic political corruption, the continuous state of hostility with its northern neighbour, and the effects of years of foreign oppression, South Korea has achieved an economic miracle. The South Korean workforce, more disciplined and hard-working than the Japanese, is the key to the transformation, and is now becoming a model for other emergent Far-Eastern nations. But the economic success has been achieved at a cost. A rigid authoritarianism pervades all aspects of society, crushing all dissent and protest. This book examines the nature of South Korea's economic success, and asks whether the country's current prosperity ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850433439
SKU
V9781850433439
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Ref
99-5
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