Song / Chow / Harootunian South Koreans in the Debt Crisis

The Creation of a Neoliberal Welfare Society
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9082-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 228 Seiten

Reihe: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society

Examines the rise of neoliberal social welfare policy in South Korea during the period of the Asian Debt Crisis, the ultimate consequences of which include the reinforcing of traditional gender roles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Song, Jesook

Chow, Rey

Harootunian, Harry

Miyoshi, Masao

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xxiii

Introduction: The Emergence of the Neoliberal Welfare State in South Korea 1

1. The Seoul Train Station Square and the House of Freedom 25

2. "Family Breakdown" and Invisible Homeless Women 49

3. Assumptions and Images of Homeless Women's Needs 73

4. Youth as Neoliberal Subjects of Welfare and Labor 95

5. The Dilemma of Progressive Intellectuals 117

Coda: The Pursuit of Well-Being 135

Notes 141

Glossary 163

Bibliography 169

Über Autor(innen)

Jesook Song is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.