Description
| Product ID: | 9781350186156 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Warrior Worker |
| Subtitle: | Challenge of the Korean Way of Working |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Kearney |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Politics and government, Political economy, Economic history, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Politics & government, Political economy, Economic history, South Korea, c 1945 to c 1960, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1990 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 is inextricably bound up with political repression. It also considers the threat that such an economically successful and politically undesirable system poses to the West. 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 is inextricably bound up with political repression. It also considers the threat that such an economically successful and politically undesirable system poses to the West. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-23 |
