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State formation in post-colonial Korea
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State formation in post-colonial Korea
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ABSTRACT
In recent years, significant scholarly effort has been devoted to understanding the tumultuous changes in Korea since the Korean War. Of particular interest has been the role and significance of the state in South Korea’s spectacular economic growth. A range of theoretical perspectives and models has been employed to analyze the relationship between the South Korean state and economic development. These include the modernization theory, dependency theory, a ‘bureaucratic authoritarian’ model of the transition from authoritarian rule, and a ‘democratic consolidation’ model (Cotton 1989, 1995; Diamond and Plattner 1996; Huntington 1991a,b; Friedman 1994; Haggard and Kaufman 1995; Helgesen 1998).
