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Power, Place, and State-Society Relations in Korea - Neo-Confucian and Geomantic Reconstruction of Developmental State and Democratization (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,490
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Power, Place, and State-Society Relations in Korea - Neo-Confucian and Geomantic Reconstruction of Developmental State and...

Power, Place, and State-Society Relations in Korea - Neo-Confucian and Geomantic Reconstruction of Developmental State and Democratization (Hardcover)

Jongwoo Han

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No book has addressed the simultaneous phenomena of Korea's rapid economic development and its vibrant democratization in a single coherent paradigm. The late developmentalist approach emphasizes the strong role of Korea's state and bureaucratic efficiency but does not explain how political development was concurrent with the economic miracles in the Han River; modernization and dependence theories also fail to explain the aspect of simultaneity in this phenomenon. What these three theories commonly miss is the unique relationship between state and society in Korea's long history of political culture. In this book, Jongwoo Han takes a holistic approach to understanding these phenomena by examining the state's role in the unprecedented economic development and society's capabilities to resist the state's centralized power. Han re-articulates state-society relations through Onuf's social constructivist approach based on three rules of a political community: hegemony, hierarchy, and heteronomy. This book expands upon this effort to re-construct the state and society relations in two ways. First, it produces case studies of the capital city of Hanyang (Joseon Dynasty from 1392 to 1910), Kyeongseong (Japanese colonial control from 1910 to 1945), and Seoul (1945-current). The capital city is analyzed as a container for the major ideologies and ways of thinking that have shaped three important political eras. Second, i adopts two indigenous thoughts, Neo-Confucianism and geomancy, as sources of the main political and cultural ideologies that shape Korea's state and society relations. These sources have never been treated as units of political analysis. This book finds that both Neo-Confucianism and geomancy, over two periods of Hanyang and Kyeongseong, are two main contributing factors of the emergence of the developmental state and vibrant democracy in Korea in the Seoul era.

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Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2013
First published: November 2013
Authors: Jongwoo Han
Dimensions: 235 x 163 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7554-5
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
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LSN: 0-7391-7554-8
Barcode: 9780739175545

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