Korean Modernization and Uneven Development: Alternative Sociological Accounts

By Kyong-Dong Kim and Kim Kyong-dong

Book Overview

Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, this book focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret, characterize, globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811034931
• ISBN13: 9789811034930
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"