ABSTRACT

Corporatism and Korean Capitalism employs corporatist theory to examine the Korean experience of state-business ties. It includes theoretical chapters on Asian and Korean corporatism, case studies of agriculture, industry and industrial relations and an introduction to comparative corporatism. It helps to push the study of Korean political and economic change from description on to theoretical analysis.
This volume will challenge researchers and students of Asian studies, economics and politics to extend and refine their understanding of both corporatism and Korea. Moreover, this book offers a guide to policymakers confounded by the curious mix of collusion and competition in Korean political economy.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter |17 pages

Comparative corporatism

chapter |28 pages

The enticement of corporatism

Appeals of the ‘Japanese model' in developing Asia

chapter |20 pages

From affiliation to association

The challenge of democratic consolidation in Korean industrial relations

chapter |15 pages

From patron to partner1

Korean state role in the textile transition

chapter |29 pages

From parastatal control to corporatist intermediation

The Korean agricultural cooperative in transition

chapter |12 pages

Korean capitalism