From Miracle to Mirage : The Making and Unmaking of the Korean Middle Class, 1960-2015 /

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Myungji Yang's From Miracle to Mirage is a critical account of the trajectory of state-sponsored middle-class formation in Korea in the second half of the twentieth century. Yang's book offers a compelling story of the reality behind the myth of middle-class formation. Capturing the emerge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yang, Myungji (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Middle class > Korea (South)
Middle class > Korea (South).
Social status > Korea (South)
Social status > Korea (South).
Asian Studies.
General Economics.
Sociology & Social Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
South Korea, middle class, globalization, economic development.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The State, Development, and the (Un)Making of the Middle Class
  • Chapter 1. An Imagined Middle Class
  • Chapter 2. The Rise of "Gangnam Style"
  • Chapter 3. The Betrayed Dream of the Korean Middle Class, 1997-2015
  • Conclusion: The Politics of a Downwardly Mobile Middle Class in an Unequal, Globalizing World
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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