Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979 : Development, Political Thought, Democracy, and Cultural Influence

Hyung-A Kim

ISBN 10: 0295991402 / ISBN 13: 9780295991405

Edité par University Of Washington Press Dez 2011, 2011

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Neuware - The Republic of Korea achieved a double revolution in the second half of the twentieth century. In just over three decades, South Korea transformed itself from an underdeveloped, agrarian country into an affluent, industrialized one. At the same time, democracy replaced a long series of military authoritarian regimes. These historic changes began under President Park Chung Hee, who seized power through a military coup in 1961 and ruled South Korea until his assassination on October 26, 1979. While the state's dominant role in South Korea's rapid industrialization is widely accepted, the degree to which Park was personally responsible for changing the national character remains hotly debated. This book examines the rationale and ideals behind Park's philosophy of national development in order to evaluate the degree to which the national character and moral values were reconstructed.

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• Titre: Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979 : Development, Political Thought, Democracy, and Cultural Influence
• Éditeur: University Of Washington Press Dez 2011
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0295991402
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780295991405
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 228 L x 151 H x 20 P (en millimètres) 228 millimètres de largeur par 151 millimètres de hauteur par 20 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 388 grammes

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Synopsis

The Republic of Korea achieved a double revolution in the second half of the twentieth century. In just over three decades, South Korea transformed itself from an underdeveloped, agrarian country into an affluent, industrialized one. At the same time, democracy replaced a long series of military authoritarian regimes. These historic changes began under President Park Chung Hee, who seized power through a military coup in 1961 and ruled South Korea until his assassination on October 26, 1979. While the state's dominant role in South Korea's rapid industrialization is widely accepted, the degree to which Park was personally responsible for changing the national character remains hotly debated. This book examines the rationale and ideals behind Park's philosophy of national development in order to evaluate the degree to which the national character and moral values were reconstructed.

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Hyung-A Kim is associate professor of Korean history and politics at Australian National University. She is the author of Korea's Development under Park Chung Hee: Rapid Industrialization, 1961-1979 (RoutledgeCurzon, 2004); and coeditor of Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979: Development, Political Thought, Democracy and Cultural Influence (Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington, 2011).

Clark W. Sorensen is professor of international studies and anthropology in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, where he is also director of the Center for Korea Studies. He is the author of Over the Mountains Are Mountains: Korean Peasant Households and Their Adaptations to Rapid Industrialization (University of Washington Press, 1988) and coeditor of Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979: Development, Political Thought, Democracy and Cultural Influence (Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington, 2011).