Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
About the Book Series
Korea is currently experiencing its most significant transformations since the end of the Korean war. This series is a showcase for the latest research on North and South Korea. The series is interdisciplinary in its focus.
Strategic, Policy and Social Innovation for a Post-Industrial Korea: Beyond the Miracle
1st Edition
Edited
By Joon Nak Choi, Yong Suk Lee, Gi-Wook Shin
March 31, 2021
Export-oriented industrialization has transformed the Korean economy so profoundly that it has become known as the "Miracle on the Han." Yet, this industrial model has become fragile, as Korea’s chaebols are being challenged by Chinese competitors. Attempts to seek out new engines of economic ...
Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption: Embodiment and Emotion
1st Edition
By Jessica Walton
December 18, 2020
This book investigates the experiences of South Koreans adopted into Western families and the complexity of what it means to "feel identity" beyond what is written in official adoption files. Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption is based on ethnographic fieldwork in South Korea and interviews...
Public Management in Korea: Performance Evaluation and Public Institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Soonae Park
December 18, 2020
Many books on performance management or evaluation are about the public sector in general or specifically about some programs or organizations. Only a few of them target the public institutions. This book addresses what types of challenges that performance evaluations of public institutions ...
Megacity Seoul: Urbanization and the Development of Modern South Korea
1st Edition
By Yu-Min Joo
September 30, 2020
In Asia, there are a growing number of gigantic megacities, accompanied by a series of speculative and extravagant megaprojects. Amid the fast-paced urban and development challenges, many Asian governments have been searching for replicable and inspirational cases in Asia. South Korea and...
Public Administration and Policy in Korea: Its Evolution and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Keun Namkoong, Kyung-ho Cho, Sangmook Kim
October 23, 2019
The present Korean public administration and policy system has shown very significant differences compared to the system in 1970s. This book provides a comprehensive and holistic view on the development of Korean public policy and administration. Instead of dichotomizing the policy and ...
The Personalist Ethic and the Rise of Urban Korea
1st Edition
By Yunshik Chang
May 14, 2019
This book reviews South Korea’s experiences of kŭndaehwa (modernization), or catching up with the West, with a focus on three major historical projects, namely, expansion of new (Western) education, industrialization and democratization. The kŭndaehwa efforts that began in the last quarter of the ...
North Korea's Foreign Policy: The DPRK's Part on the International Scene and Its Audiences
1st Edition
By Lenka Caisova
January 10, 2019
This book analyses North Korean foreign policy since 1994, aiming to better understand the part the DPRK plays in international politics. Pyongyang is the country’s capital and largest city. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok and Tumen rivers;...
Change and Continuity in North Korean Politics
1st Edition
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By Adam Cathcart, Robert Winstanley-Chesters, Christopher K. Green
August 14, 2018
In the years since the death of Kim Jong-il and the formal acknowledgement of Kim Jong-un as head of state, the North Korean regime has made a series of moves to further augment and consolidate the ideological foundations of Kimism and cement the young leader’s legitimacy. Historical narratives ...
The Korean Tradition of Religion, Society, and Ethics: A Comparative and Historical Self-understanding and Looking Beyond
1st Edition
By Chai-sik Chung
August 14, 2018
By making Korea a central part of comparative history of East Asian religion and society, this book traces the evolution of Korean religion from the oldest representation to that of the current day by utilizing wide-ranging interdisciplinary and comparative resources. This book presents a holistic...
Understanding Korean Public Administration: Lessons learned from practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Kwang-Kook Park, Wonhee Lee, Seok-Hwan Lee
June 28, 2018
Although much has been written about the Korean public administration, the international academic community has little knowledge about it as most of the literature has been written in Korean. This book aims to provide more accessible knowledge internationally by filling that gap, covering both the ...
Modern Korea and Its Others: Perceptions of the Neighbouring Countries and Korean Modernity
1st Edition
By Vladimir Tikhonov
April 25, 2018
The period spanning the 1880s to 1945 was a crucially important formative time for Korea, during which understandings of modernity were largely shaped by the images of Korea’s neighbours to the east, west and north. China, Japan and Russia represented at some moments modern threats, but also ...
Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea: A media narrative analysis
1st Edition
By Gil-Soo Han
February 05, 2018
The unprecedented economic success of South Korea since the 1990s has led in turn to a large increase in the number of immigrants and foreign workers in Korean industries. This book describes and explains the experiences of discrimination and racism that foreigners and ‘new’ Koreans have faced in a...