South Koreans in the Debt Crisis The Creation of a Neoliberal Welfare Society

Name: South Koreans in the Debt Crisis The Creation of a Neoliberal Welfare Society
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ISBN: 9780822344810

ISBN-10: 0822344815

ISBN-13: 9780822344810

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jesook Song, Rey Chow, Harry Harootunian, Masao Miyoshi

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South Koreans in the Debt Crisisis a detailed examination of the logic underlying the neoliberal welfare state that South Korea created in response to the devastating Asian Debt Crisis (19972001). Jesook Song argues that while the government proclaimed that it would guarantee all South Koreans a minimum standard of living, it treated as most deserving of assistance those citizens perceived as embodying the neoliberal ideals of employability, flexibility, and self-sufficiency. Song demonstrates that the government was not alone in drawing distinctions between the "deserving" and the "undeserving" poor. Progressive intellectuals, activists, and organizations were also drawn into the…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 8/18/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Emergence of the Neoliberal Welfare State in South Korea



The Seoul Train Station Square and the House of Freedom



"Family Breakdown" and Invisible Homeless Women



Assumptions and Images of Homeless Women's Needs



Youth as Neoliberal Subjects of Welfare and Labor



The Dilemma of Progressive Intellectuals


Coda: The Pursuit of Well-Being


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography