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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Globalization.
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globalism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Civilization
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Economic history
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Globalization
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Politics and government
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Politik
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Globalisierung
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Wirtschaft
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Kultur
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| SUBJECT |
Korea -- Civilization -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073014
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Korea -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073022
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Korea -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Korea
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Korea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sesay, Amadu
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| ISBN |
9781136859717 |
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1136859713 |
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