ABSTRACT
This chapter employs a structural approach to developmentalism, assuming that it contains a broad range of discursive inclinations or discursive systems supported by various sub-discourses and discursive elements. It aims to demonstrate the structure of developmentalism in Korea through the analysis of discourses centered on the slogans. The chapter analyzes the presidential addresses of Park Chung-Hee, Kim Young-Sam, and Lee Myung-Bak, in which each of the discourses of "geundaehwa," "segyehwa," and "seonjinhwa" is notable, respectively. It emphasizes the developmental strategies Korea's developmentalism. The chapter discusses how Korea's developmentalism has secured its legitimacy. It explains what structure Korea's developmentalism has maintained and in what context it has secured its legitimacy, by paying special attention to discursive elements having commonly appeared in different historical periods. The chapter examines five main elements constituting Korea's developmentalism since the Park Chung-Hee era: a developmental goal, problematization, crisis construction, reminders of national potential, and strategy.
