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Author: Kyung-Sup Chang (Seoul National University, South Korea)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.500kg
ISBN: 9780415575874
ISBN 10: 0415575877
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 07 April 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Chang Kyung-sup, professor of sociology at Seoul National University, introduces a concept called 'compressed modernity' as a key tool to unlock the Korean society and its contemporary transformation. At the core of the foundations that prop up Korea's economic, social, and political life, Chang argues, is none other than the family. He offers an insightful perspective about how family relations and family-oriented values shape the structural and institutional changes in Korea today. With an integrative theoretical perspective of compressed modernity, Chang dissects the family-centered social order and everyday life in Korea in a way that sheds light on the country's remarkable transformations.' The Korea Herald
Chang Kyung-sup, professor of sociology at Seoul National University, introduces a concept called 'compressed modernity' as a key tool to unlock the Korean society and its contemporary transformation. At the core of the foundations that prop up Korea's economic, social, and political life, Chang argues, is none other than the family. He offers an insightful perspective about how family relations and family-oriented values shape the structural and institutional changes in Korea today.With an integrative theoretical perspective of compressed modernity, Chang dissects the family-centered social order and everyday life in Korea in a way that sheds light on the country's remarkable transformations. - The Korea Herald This work by Chang provides a fascinating approach to contemporary economic, political and social life of South Korean society in transition... the analysis in the book with an integrative conceptualization of compressed modernity is quite innovative... This book is a result of the author's scholarly endeavours of many years and is an indispensable reading source for anyone who studies family, economy or developmental policy of modern Korean society. - Kyoung-Ho Shin, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, USA; Pacific Affairs: Volume 84, No. 4 - December 2011
Author Information
Chang Kyung-Sup, a Ph.D. from Brown University, is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, both at Seoul National University.
