By Yunshik Chang,Hyun-ho Seok,Donald Baker
Korea Confronts Globalization appears to be like on the approach within which the phenomenon of globalization has impacted on Korean society when it comes to nationwide identification, company swap, labour markets, democracy, culture and social coverage, and the results for Korea's social team spirit in a constantly globalizing global.
While changing into extra open to the skin global, South Korea has remained a cohesive nationwide group with a robust nationalist response opposed to the globalization of Korea and with Koreans regularly reminding themselves of the necessity to maintain their nationwide id. they've got additionally realized to deal with a number of different types of clash coming up from varied pursuits in a posh society and the South Korean executive is now creating a critical try to identify a welfare kingdom with quite a few schemes designed to assist the negative and needy to take care of a minimal point of ‘decent’ residing. however it is doubtful even if South Korean society will proceed to stay cohesive. Social inequality is expanding and the category divisions seem to be hardening and as such can Korea stay cohesive?
As a quantity the political and social implications of globalization in smooth South Korea, this publication can be of serious curiosity to scholars and students of Korean and East Asian stories, comparative sociology, improvement experiences and politics
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