| South Korean Civil Movement Organisations: Hope, Crisis, and Pragmatism in Democratic Transition Contributor(s): Levine, Amy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719090490 ISBN-13: 9780719090493 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Political Science | World - Asian - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Series: New Ethnographies |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.94 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This highly engaging book invites the reader to learn about how South Korean activists, intellectuals and various reformers approach the role of civil society in a post-colonial, post-Cold War, post-dictatorship, and post-IMF neoliberal democracy. In particular, it provides a detailed description of civil movement organisations in Seoul leading up to, during and after the Roh Moo Hyun era (2003-8). The book engages the entangled hopes, crises and pragmatic transitions that animated this era in South Korean politics and connects it with larger debates in anthropology, sociology, law and politics from around the world. Ultimately, the book contributes to growing areas of research, advocacy and general interest in pragmatism, ethnography, hope and crisis. |
