Demystifying the Park Chung-Hee Myth: Land Reform in the Evolution of Korea's Developmental State
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dc.contributor.author | You, Jong-Sung | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-22T06:35:17Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2020-06-22 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0047-2336 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/56287 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The developmental state literature emphasises the importance of state autonomy and capacity, with a particular focus on a Weberian type of meritocratic bureaucracy. Existing studies of South Korea's economic development generally credit Park Chung-hee for establishing such a state. This article questions this assessment with careful process tracing of the development of a meritocratic bureaucracy in the country. The findings suggest that the contrast between the predatory Rhee regime (1948-1960) and the developmental Park regime (1961-1979) has been exaggerated. Meritocracy in South Korea's bureaucratic recruitment and promotion systems developed gradually over several decades, including during Rhee's regime as well as the short democratic episode (1960-1961). What then explains the evolution of a developmental state in Korea? This article suggests that land reform contributed to not only creating social structural conditions favourable to state autonomy but also promoting the development of a meritocratic bureaucracy by propelling rapid expansion of education and by mitigating the extent of political clientelism. | - |
dc.language | 영어 | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA | - |
dc.title | Demystifying the Park Chung-Hee Myth: Land Reform in the Evolution of Korea's Developmental State | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000406691000004 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00472336.2017.1334221 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA, v.47, no.4, pp.535 - 556 | - |
dc.description.isOpenAccess | N | - |
dc.citation.endPage | 556 | - |
dc.citation.startPage | 535 | - |
dc.citation.title | JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA | - |
dc.citation.volume | 47 | - |
dc.citation.number | 4 | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | You, Jong-Sung | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | Korea | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | developmental state | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | Weberian meritocratic bureaucracy | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | land reform | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | Park Chung-hee | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | INEQUALITY | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | GROWTH | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | INSTITUTIONS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | ORIGINS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | COLONIALISM | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | PERSISTENCE | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | BUREAUCRACY | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | EMERGENCE | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | ASIA | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Area Studies | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Area Studies | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | ssci | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scopus | - |
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