This fully updated fourth edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough,
balanced, and engaging history of Korea from 1876 to the present day. The text is unique in …

Md Saidul Islam and Md Ismail Hossain investigate how neoliberal globalization generates
unique conditions, contradictions, and confrontations in labor, gender and environmental …

This paper summarizes the role of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation
process that followed the breakdown of the socialist regime and subsequent unification with …

It can be challenging for a democratic government to effectively make policies that address
crucial national problems. While a bulk of literature reports that many democracies have …

In South Korea (hereafter referred to as Korea), the presence of family-owned or managed
higher education institutions (FOMHEIs) is significant. Upwards of 200 FOMHEIs, all non …

Do windfalls from the extractive sector help developing countries invest in human capital?
To date, empirical studies remain inconclusive. Using Bolivia as a case study, this chapter …

“Gelombang Korea” yang melanda Asia bahkan dunia akhir-akhir ini dapat menjadi pintu
masuk untuk mencari informasi mengenai Korea Selatan. Sayangnya, informasi akademis …

With the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War, China became North
Korea's main, if not sole, political and economic patron, trying to establish a relationship …

The focus of this dissertation is to show how the media of contemporary Korean popular
culture, specifically films, are transformed into “hybrid cultural forms” through the practice of …

In South Korean society, due to the historic lack of experience of living with people of
different ethnicities, a series of human rights violations as well as ongoing incidents of …