Race to the Swift

State and Finance in Korean Industrialization
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-231-07147-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 151 mm, Gewicht: 420 g

Reihe: Studies of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University

A comprehensive and original account of the rise of Korea's developmental state, Race to the Swift by Jung-en Woo argues that Korea's industrial growth is neither a miracle nor a cultural mystery, but the outcome of a previously misunderstood political economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woo, Jung-En

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceTheoretical ConsiderationsSoldiers, Bankers, and the Zaibatsu in Colonial Korea: Prologue to the FutureA Method to His Madness: The Political Economy of Import-Substitution Industrialization in Rhee's KoreaIn the East Asian Cauldron: Korea Takes OffThe Search for Autonomy: The Big PushThe Political Economy of Korea, Inc.: The State, Finance, and the ChaebolSlouching Toward the Market: Financial Liberalization in the 1980sNotesBibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Jung-En Woo is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. She has also taught at Colgate University and Columbia University. She graduated in history and English literature from Bowdoin College, and has master's degree in Latin American studies and a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University.