Developmental Dictatorship and the Park Chung-Hee Era

by Lee Byeong-Cheon, Byeong-Cheon Lee, Eungsoo Kim

Overview

By examining the most controversial Park Chung-hee period (1961-1979), Developmental Dictatorship and the Park Chung-hee Era helps the reader rediscover the socioeconomic origins of modern Korea. The essays in this book written by twelve noted Korean social scientists discuss the relationship between South Korea's economic development and totalitarianism in the form of the Park dictatorship. ABOUT THE EDITOR lee Byeong-cheon holds a PhD in economics from Seoul National University. He is a professor in the Department of Economics and International Trade at Kangwon National University. Dr. Lee was a visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley. CONTRIBUTORS Lee Byeong-cheon, Kim Sam-soo, Seo Ick-jin, Yoo Chul-gyue, Lee Sang-cheol, Lee Joung-woo, Lee Chong-suk, Cho Young-chol, Chin Jung-kwon, Han Hong-koo, Hong Seong-tae, Hong Yun-gi.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931907354
Publisher:	Homa & Sekey Books
Publication date:	10/15/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	408
Sales rank:	523,387
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.91(d)