South Koreans in the Debt Crisis : The Creation of a Neoliberal Welfare Society /

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South Koreans in the Debt Crisis is a detailed examination of the logic underlying the neoliberal welfare state that South Korea created in response to the devastating Asian Debt Crisis (1997-2001). Jesook Song argues that while the government proclaimed that it would guarantee all South Koreans a m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Song, Jesook, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wohlfahrtsstaat
Wirtschaftskrise
Welfare state.
Public welfare.
Neoliberalism.
Financial crises.
Economic policy.
Economic history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
Neo-liberalisme > Coree du Sud.
Aide sociale > Coree du Sud.
État providence > Coree du Sud.
Neoliberalism > Korea (South)
Public welfare > Korea (South)
Welfare state > Korea (South)
Financial crises > Korea (South)
Südkorea
Korea (South)
Coree du Sud > Politique economique > 1988-2002.
Coree du Sud > Conditions economiques > 1988-2002.
Korea (South) > Economic policy > 1988-2002.
Korea (South) > Economic conditions > 1988-2002.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of the neoliberal welfare state in South Korea
  • The Seoul train station square and the house of freedom
  • "Family breakdown" and invisible homeless women
  • Assumptions and images of homeless women's needs
  • Youth as neoliberal subjects of welfare and labor
  • The dilemma of progressive intellectuals
  • Coda : the pursuit of well-being.

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