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Book Title
Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor Aristocracy
Publication Date
2020-05-15
Pages
232
ISBN
9780295747217
Subject Area
Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Publication Name
Korean Skilled Workers : Toward a Labor Aristocracy
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Item Length
8.9 in
Subject
Labor & Industrial Relations, Development / Economic Development, Economic Conditions, Asia / Korea, Labor
Publication Year
2020
Series
Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Hyung-A Kim
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Width
5.8 in
Number of Pages
232 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295747218
ISBN-13
9780295747217
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038307291

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Korean Skilled Workers : Toward a Labor Aristocracy
Subject
Labor & Industrial Relations, Development / Economic Development, Economic Conditions, Asia / Korea, Labor
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Author
Hyung-A Kim
Subject Area
Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Series
Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2019-041013
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
[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.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
331.11
Synopsis
South Korea's triumphant development has catapulted the country's economy to the eleventh largest in the world. Large family-owned conglomerates, or chaebols , 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., South Korea's triumphant development has catapulted the country's economy to the eleventh largest in the world. Large family-owned conglomerates, or chaebols , 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.
LC Classification Number
HD5828.A6K5154 2020
Copyright Date
2021
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