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The Korean state and social policy : how South Korea lifted itself from poverty and dictatorship to affluence and democracy /

This book is about many things: development and modernization, dictatorship and democracy, state capacity and governance, social protection and welfare states, and Korean history. But finally it is about lifting social policy analysis out of the ghetto of self-sufficiency it is often confined to and...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ringen, Stein
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Series:International policy exchange series.
Subjects:
Korea (South) > Social policy.
Korea (South) > Economic policy.
Korea (South) > Politics and government.
State, The.
Democracy.
Welfare state > Korea (South)
Corée du Sud > Politique sociale.
Corée du Sud > Politique économique.
Corée du Sud > Politique et gouvernement.
État.
État providence > Corée du Sud.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Democracy
Economic policy
Politics and government
Social policy
State, The
Welfare state
Korea (South)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book is about many things: development and modernization, dictatorship and democracy, state capacity and governance, social protection and welfare states, and Korean history. But finally it is about lifting social policy analysis out of the ghetto of self-sufficiency it is often confined to and into the center ground of hard political science.
Physical Description:1 online resource (137 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-134) and index.
ISBN:9780199875931
0199875936