Enterprise and the State in Korea and Taiwan (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)

Seven Of The Most Highly Regarded Korean Specialists Examine The Evolution Of State-society Relations In Korea Since The End Of World War Ii. They Portray Korea's Remarkable Transition To A Modern Industrial Society As A Process Far More Complex And Conflict-ridden Than Previous Writers Have Suggested.--book Jacket. State And Society In Contemporary Korea Moves Beyond Narrow Economic Concerns To Explore Spheres Of Civil Society Which Have Been Neglected In Literature On Economic Development. Each Chapter Highlights A Distinct Pattern Of Korean Modernization, And The Book Covers Such Topics As Emerging Classes, Historical Sources Of Political Cleavages, Institutional Bases Of Development Policies The Rise Of The Minjung Movement, The Hegemony Problem Of The New Bourgeoisie And Conflicts Over Cultural Construction. A Chapter On The Hermit Kingdom Of North Korea Rounds Out The Book's Coverage Of Society And Politics On The Korean Perimeter.--book Jacket. By Placing The Study Of Korean State And Society In A Broader, Richer Historical And Cultural Context, This Book Promotes A More Solid Understanding Of The Deeper Aspects Of Korea's Industrial Transformation.--book Jacket. Beyond State-market Relations / Hagen Koo -- Political Cleavages In South Korea / Jang Jip Choi -- State, Politics, And Economic Development In Postwar South Korea / Stephan Haggard And Chung-in Moon -- South Korean Bourgeoisie: A Class In Search Of Hegemony / Carter J. Eckert -- State, Minjung, And The Working Class In South Korea / Hagen Koo -- Agony Of Cultural Construction: Politics And Culture In Modern Korea / Uchang Kim -- Corporate State In North Korea / Bruce Cumings -- Strong State And Contentious Society / Hagen Koo. Edited By Hagen Koo. The Papers In This Volume Grew Out Of Workshop Sponsored By The Joint Committee On Korean Studies Of The Social Science Research Council And The American Council Of Learned Societies--preliminary Page. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. While Huge Family-owned Conglomerates, The Chaebol, Have Dominated Korean Business, Smaller Guanxiqiye, Interlocking Family-based Firms, Have Proved Equally Formidable In Taiwan. In His Account Of Business-state Relations, Forms Of Financing, And The Organization Of Trading Companies In The Two Cases, Fields Rejects Both Cultural-reductionist And Rational Choice Explanations For Differences Between The Two Countries. He Offers Instead An Innovative Institutional Approach That Focuses On The Complex Linkages Between Social Networks And Political Power. In South Korea And Taiwan, Public Policy And Private Enterprise Have Collaborated To Create Post-war Miracles Of Economic Development. Karl J. Fields Examines The Institutions Most Important To The Two Success Stories - Powerful Business Groups And State Bureaucracies. Drawing On Extensive Empirical Research, Fields Offers A New Explanation For The Similarities And Differences In The Organization Of Big Business In Two Of East Asia's Mini-dragons. 1. Institutional Embeddedness And The State -- 2. Chaebol And The State In Korea -- 3. Guanxiqiye And The State In Taiwan -- 4. Financing Of The Chaebol -- 5. Financing Of The Guanxiqiye -- 6. Korea's General Trading Companies -- 7. Taiwan's Large Trading Companies -- 8. East Asia's Institutional Edge. Karl J. Fields. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 247-264) And Index.

Seven of the most highly regarded Korean specialists examine the evolution of state-society relations in Korea since the end of World War II. They portray Korea's remarkable transition to a modern industrial society as a process far more complex and conflict-ridden than previous writers have suggested. State and Society in Contemporary Korea moves beyond narrow economic concerns to explore spheres of civil society which have been neglected in literature on economic development. Each chapter highlights a distinct pattern of Korean modernization, and the book covers such topics as emerging classes, historical sources of political cleavages, institutional bases of development policies the rise of the minjung movement, the hegemony problem of the new bourgeoisie and conflicts over cultural construction. A chapter on the hermit kingdom of North Korea rounds out the book's coverage of society and politics on the Korean perimeter. By placing the study of Korean state and society in a broader, richer historical and cultural context, this book promotes a more solid understanding of the deeper aspects of Korea's industrial transformation.

In South Korea and Taiwan, public policy and private enterprise have collaborated to create post-war miracles of economic development. Karl J. Fields examines the institutions most important to the two success stories - powerful business groups and state bureaucracies. Drawing on extensive empirical research, Fields offers a new explanation for the similarities and differences in the organization of big business in two of East Asia's "mini-dragons.". While huge family-owned conglomerates, the chaebol, have dominated Korean business, smaller guanxiqiye, interlocking family-based firms, have proved equally formidable in Taiwan. In his account of business-state relations, forms of financing, and the organization of trading companies in the two cases, Fields rejects both cultural-reductionist and rational choice explanations for differences between the two countries. He offers instead an innovative institutional approach that focuses on the complex linkages between social networks and political power. Contributes to the task of specifying the ways in which political arrangements or, more broadly, institutions constrain policy and thus performance, by focusing on the interaction between business and government in a range of industrialized and industrializing countries in Northeast and Southeast Asia. The volume comprises ten original essays by specialists with theoretical and country-specific expertise from around Asia, Australia, and the US. For enhanced comparability, the focus is primarily on six countries with established market-based economic South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. This books moves beyond narrow economic concerns to explore spheres of civil society which have been neglected in the literature on economic development. Each chapter highlights a distinct pattern of Korean modernization, and the book covers such topics as emerging classes, historical sources of political cleavages, institutional bases of development policies, the rise of the minjung movement, the hegemony problem of the new bourgeoisie, and conflicts over cultural construction. A chapter on the hermit kingdom of North Korea rounds out the book's coverage of society and politics on the Korean perimeter.