Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy, and the StateCharles K. Armstrong Written by an interdisciplinary and international team of Korean scholars, this textbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of rapidly changing Korean society. The book addresses the core issues in contemporary Korea: democratization; the emerging civil society; the role of new social movements; the Confucian legacy; and changing North-South relations. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activists activities American argued Asian authoritarian regime Axial Age became Cambridge Catholic century chaebol China Chinese Chun Chun Doo Hwan church circle civic civil society groups concept Confucian party crisis critical critique cultural democratic transition demonstrations discourse early East Asian economic elections elite Habermas Habermas's Han'guk human rights ideological industrial intellectuals issues Japan Japanese Kim Dae Jung Kim Young Kim Young Sam king Korean democracy Korean history Korean labor movement Korean politics Korean society Kwangju Uprising labor movement late leaders liberal literati Mencius middle class military modern moral Neo-Confucianism North opposition organizations Park Chung Hee percent Protestant public sphere reform religion rituals Roh Tae Woo role sahoe sarim scholars Seoul simin social movements sonbae Song South Korea struggle student movement Syngman Rhee tion tradition undong undongkwon unions University Press victims Western workers yangban Zhu Xi