Korea's Development Under Park Chung Hee

Hyung-A Kim

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English

Routledge
20 November 2003

Development studies; Asian history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Political leaders & leadership

Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAA East Asian Series

Based 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:
*his

abhorrence of Korea's reliance on the US presence
*the Korean model of state-guided industrialization
*Park's rapid development strategy
*the role of the ruling elites
*Park's clandestine nuclear development program
*the heavy chemical industrialisation of the 1970s The prevailing popularity of Park in the eyes of the Korean public is significant and relevant to their acceptance of how their national development was

achieved. This book tells that story while simultaneously recognizing the flaws in the process. With a great deal of material never before published, scholars of Korean politics and history at all levels will find this book a stimulating

account of South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s.

By: Hyung-A Kim
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780415323291
ISBN 10: 0415323290
Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAA East Asian Series
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 20 November 2003
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hyung-A Kim is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSRTAMS), University of Wollongong, Australia.

Reviews for Korea's Development Under Park Chung Hee

'This book is an excellent analysis of the development policy of Korea and the associated political developments in recent years.' - Journal of Contemporary Asia