This book studies the sources of inequality in contemporary South Korea and the social and political contention this engenders. Korean society is becoming more

The 'trial of the century'

Over the last 25 years, South Korea has witnessed growing inequality due to the proliferation of non-standard employment, ballooning household debt, deepening e

This book analyses democratization and democracy in South Korea since 1960. The book starts with an analysis of the distinctive characteristics of bureaucratic

South Korea has been one of the great success stories of postwar economic development, rising from one of the poorest nations on earth in the 1960s to become th