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University of Washington Press Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor Aristocracy (Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies)

Name: Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor Aristocracy (Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies)
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Review [O]ffers a fascinating and rich historical analysis of South Korea’s class of skilled workers and their role in the country’s heavy and chemical industrialization (HCI) programme. ― European Journal of Korean StudiesKim’s book is essential reading for historians and social scientists of modern Korea, and it could be useful as a course material pertaining to the political economy of labor and development of postwar East Asia. The fruits of Kim’s own labors found here will surely reward the inquiry of anyone seeking a fresh perspective beyond benchmark models of the developmental state and searching for deeper insights into the significant indigenous factors at work in South Korea’s rapid industrialization and socio-political transformation. ― Journal of Social History Product Description South Korea’s triumphant development has catapulted the country’s economy to the eleventh largest in the world. Large family-owned conglomerates, or chaebŏls, such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG, have become globally preeminent manufacturing brands. Yet Korea’s highly disciplined, technologically competent skilled workers who built these brands have become known only for their successful labor-union militancy, which in recent decades has been criticized as collective “selfishness” that has allowed them to prosper at the expense of other workers.Hyung-A Kim tells the story of Korea’s first generation of skilled workers in the heavy and chemical industries sector, following their dramatic transition from 1970s-era “industrial warriors” to labor-union militant “Goliat Warriors,” and ultimately to a “labor aristocracy” with guaranteed job security, superior wages, and even job inheritance for their children. By contrast, millions of Korea’s non-regular employees, especially young people, struggle in precarious and insecure employment.This richly documented account demonstrates that industrial workers’ most enduring goal has been their own economic advancement, not a wider socialist revolution, and shows how these individuals’ paths embody the consequences of rapid development. About the Author Hyung-A Kim is associate professor of Korean history and politics at the Australian National University. She is author of Korea’s Development under Park Chung Hee: Rapid Industrialization, 1961–1979.

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Brand: University of Washington Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 029574720X
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Biographies & Histories > Business & Economic History
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Release Date: 15 May 2020
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