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Author Hwang, Kyung Moon, author

Title Rationalizing Korea : the rise of the modern state, 1894-1945 / Kyung Moon Hwang
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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Contents State making under imperialism: fragmentation and consolidation in the central state -- The centrality of the periphery: developing the provincial and local state -- Constructing legitimacy: symbolic authority and ideological engineering -- State and economy: developmentalism -- State and religion: secularization and pluralism -- Public schooling: cultivating citizenship education -- Population management: registration, classification, and the remaking of society -- Public health and biopolitics: disciplining through disease control
Summary "The first book to explore the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula, Rationalizing Korea analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy (developmentalism), religion (secularization), education (public schooling), population (registration), and public health (disease control). Kyung Moon Hwang argues that while this formative process resulted in a more commanding and systematic state, it was also highly fragmented, socially embedded, and driven by competing, often conflicting rationalizations, including those of Confucian statecraft and legitimation. Such outcomes reflected the acute experience of imperialism, nationalism, colonialism, and other sweeping forces of the era"--Provided by publisher
Analysis asian political science
asian studies
colonial korea
confucian statecraft
confucianism in korea
development in korea
disease control korea
east asia
economic development korea
education in korea
imperialism in korea
korean colonialism
korean government
korean nationalism
korean politics
korean public schools
modern korea
population and registration in korea
public health korea
religion korea
secularization korea
state development korea
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Public administration -- Korea
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Korea.
Politics and government
Public administration
Social policy
SUBJECT Korea -- Politics and government -- 1864-1910. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073048
Korea -- Politics and government -- 1910-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073050
Korea -- Social policy -- 19th century
Korea -- Social policy -- 20th century
Subject Korea
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520963276
052096327X