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Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor Aristocracy PDF
Title Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor Aristocracy
Author Hyung-A Kim
Publisher University of Washington Press
Category Asian History
Released Date 2020-06-26
Language English
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Pages 349
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Summary
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...
Chapter List (26 chapters):
Chapter 1: Korean Skilled Workers
Chapter 2: Series Announcement Page
Chapter 3: Series List
Chapter 4: Title Page
Chapter 5: Copyright
Chapter 6: Dedication
Chapter 7: Contents
Chapter 8: List of Figures and Tables
Chapter 9: Acknowledgments
Chapter 10: List of Abbreviations
Chapter 11: Note on Korean Romanization
Chapter 12: Introduction: Unveiling Korean Skilled Workers
Chapter 13: 1. The Creation of Industrial Warriors: Mass Training of the First Generation of Skilled Workers
Chapter 14: 2. From Industrial Warriors to Goliat Warriors: A New Labor Militancy
Chapter 15: 3. Counterrevolution: The Corporate Culture Movement and HCI Workers’ Response
Chapter 16: 4. The Asian Financial Crisis: HCI Workers’ Social Closure and the Rise of Chaebŏl Dominance
Chapter 17: 5. The Rise of HCI Workers: A Labor Aristocracy vis-à-vis Nonregular Workers
Chapter 18: Conclusion
Chapter 19: Appendix 1. Characteristics of Hyundai WIA Corporation Respondents
Chapter 20: Appendix 2. Characteristics of Doosan Heavy Industries Respondents
Chapter 21: Appendix 3. Characteristics of Hyundai Heavy Industries Respondents
Chapter 22: Appendix 4. Korean Educational Institutions by Type, Age at Entry, and School Year
Chapter 23: Appendix 5. Training and Ranks of Engineers and Craftsmen
Chapter 24: Notes
Chapter 25: Bibliography
Chapter 26: Index
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"[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 Studies"
"Kim'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"
"Deeply researched, brimming with interesting and useful historical information, and full of insight."-- "Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies"
"[A] fascinating historical analysis of the creation of Korea's first generation of skilled HCI workers and the transformation of their sociopolitical trajectory...This book will be useful to students and scholars who are interested in economic development, class politics, labor movements, and labor-management relations in Korea."-- "Asian Ethnology"
"This book will be useful to students and scholars who are interested in economic development, class politics, labor movements, and labor-management relations in Korea. Undoubtedly the story of Korean HCI workers' changing sociopolitical trajectory will present a fresh perspective on the story of Korea's remarkable economic and national development."-- "Asian Ethnology"
About the Author
Hyung-A Kim is associate professor of Korean history and politics at Australian National University. She is the author of Korea's Development under Park Chung Hee: Rapid Industrialization, 1961-1979 (RoutledgeCurzon, 2004); and coeditor of Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979: Development, Political Thought, Democracy and Cultural Influence (Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington, 2011).
Clark W. Sorensen is professor of international studies and anthropology in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, where he is also director of the Center for Korea Studies. He is the author of Over the Mountains Are Mountains: Korean Peasant Households and Their Adaptations to Rapid Industrialization (University of Washington Press, 1988) and coeditor of Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979: Development, Political Thought, Democracy and Cultural Influence (Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington, 2011).
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ASIN : B08BXCW115
Publisher : University of Washington Press
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Publication date : 15 May 2020
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Chapter 2: Series Announcement Page
Chapter 3: Series List
Chapter 4: Title Page
Chapter 5: Copyright
Chapter 6: Dedication
Chapter 7: Contents
Chapter 8: List of Figures and Tables
Chapter 9: Acknowledgments
Chapter 10: List of Abbreviations
Chapter 11: Note on Korean Romanization
Chapter 12: Introduction: Unveiling Korean Skilled Workers
Chapter 13: 1. The Creation of Industrial Warriors: Mass Training of the First Generation of Skilled Workers
Chapter 14: 2. From Industrial Warriors to Goliat Warriors: A New Labor Militancy
Chapter 15: 3. Counterrevolution: The Corporate Culture Movement and HCI Workers’ Response
Chapter 16: 4. The Asian Financial Crisis: HCI Workers’ Social Closure and the Rise of Chaebŏl Dominance
Chapter 17: 5. The Rise of HCI Workers: A Labor Aristocracy vis-à-vis Nonregular Workers
Chapter 18: Conclusion
Chapter 19: Appendix 1. Characteristics of Hyundai WIA Corporation Respondents
Chapter 20: Appendix 2. Characteristics of Doosan Heavy Industries Respondents
Chapter 21: Appendix 3. Characteristics of Hyundai Heavy Industries Respondents
Chapter 22: Appendix 4. Korean Educational Institutions by Type, Age at Entry, and School Year
Chapter 23: Appendix 5. Training and Ranks of Engineers and Craftsmen
Chapter 24: Notes
Chapter 25: Bibliography
Chapter 26: Index
Reviews
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Product description
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 Studies"
"Kim'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"
"Deeply researched, brimming with interesting and useful historical information, and full of insight."-- "Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies"
"[A] fascinating historical analysis of the creation of Korea's first generation of skilled HCI workers and the transformation of their sociopolitical trajectory...This book will be useful to students and scholars who are interested in economic development, class politics, labor movements, and labor-management relations in Korea."-- "Asian Ethnology"
"This book will be useful to students and scholars who are interested in economic development, class politics, labor movements, and labor-management relations in Korea. Undoubtedly the story of Korean HCI workers' changing sociopolitical trajectory will present a fresh perspective on the story of Korea's remarkable economic and national development."-- "Asian Ethnology"
About the Author
Hyung-A Kim is associate professor of Korean history and politics at Australian National University. She is the author of Korea's Development under Park Chung Hee: Rapid Industrialization, 1961-1979 (RoutledgeCurzon, 2004); and coeditor of Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979: Development, Political Thought, Democracy and Cultural Influence (Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington, 2011).
Clark W. Sorensen is professor of international studies and anthropology in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, where he is also director of the Center for Korea Studies. He is the author of Over the Mountains Are Mountains: Korean Peasant Households and Their Adaptations to Rapid Industrialization (University of Washington Press, 1988) and coeditor of Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979: Development, Political Thought, Democracy and Cultural Influence (Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington, 2011).
Product details
ASIN : B08BXCW115
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 15 May 2020
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