The economic development of South Korea : from poverty to a modern industrial state / by Seung-hun Chun.

Author/creator Chŏn, Sŭng-hun, 1946- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource (xxi, 273 pages) : illustrations.
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SeriesRoutledge studies in the modern world economy ; 174
Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 174. ^A399476
Contents 1. Korea from the trap of poverty to a modern industrial state -- 2. The travails of state building and institutional arrangement for development -- 3. Transforming the social and environmental landscape -- 4. Impact for export and job creation -- 5. Path to industrialization (1): paving the way to industrialization -- 6. The advent of industrial titans -- 7. Path to industrialization (2): heavy and chemical industries push the needle -- 8. Development of human resources and technology -- 9. Attracting foreign capital to spark developent -- 10. Saemaul Undong: Korea's new deal for rural modernization -- 11. The people and state-community on a track of economic development -- Epilogue: path to development under globalization.
Abstract How did a country with a dearth of natural resources and a sprawling population congested in a limited arable land transform itself into a modern industrial state within a generation? How could this have been achieved given the lingering geopolitical threats to its very survival as a state, as evidenced by the Korean War and the internecine aggressive posturing of its neighbor to the north? This book looks at strategies, institutional arrangement, the role of entrepreneurs and workers in this odyssey, and on how those factors have worked together through effective leadership to transform South Korea's economic fortunes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Chŏn, Sŭng-hun, 1946- Economic development of South Korea. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 9780815379485
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