Korea's Development Under Park Chung HeeBased on personal interviews with the principal policy-makers of the 1970s, Korea's Development under Park Chung-Hee examines how the president sought to develop South Korea into an independent, autonomous sovereign state both economically and militarily. Kim provides a new narrative in the complex task of exploring the paradoxical nature and effects of Korea's rapid development which maintains that any judgement of Park must consider his achievements in the socio-economic, cultural and political context in which they took place. Aspects of Park's government analyzed include: |
Contents
The Eve of the Military Coup Intellectual debate on national | |
A quest for legitimacy and control | |
Alliance with the | |
The nation in transition 196872 | |
From topdown rural development to Yusin reform | |
The Yusin State | |
Other editions - View all
Korea's Development Under Park Chung Hee: Rapid Industrialization, 1961-79 Hyung-A Kim No preview available - 2004 |
Korea's Development Under Park Chung Hee: Rapid Industrialization, 1961-79 Hyung-A Kim No preview available - 2011 |