Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea

Educational development, society and politics in South Korea / Michael J. Seth -- Historical development of judicial independence in South Korea: focus on colonial and post-colonial period / Jong-Chol An -- Political structure changes in South Korea since 1948 / Hannes B. Mosler -- Evolution of political parties and the party systems in South Korea / Yougmi Kim -- History of the developmental states: a case of South Korea / Taekyoon Kim -- Chaebǒl and the political economy of South Korean development, 1945-present / Eun Mee Kim and Nancy Y. Kim -- The evolution story of South Korea from a fragile state to an international actor / Sojin Lim -- Religion in contemporary Korean society: interactions between the past, present and future / Kevin N. Cawley -- Korean Labour movement: the birth, rise and transformation of the Democratic Trade Union movement / Dae-oup Chang -- Culture is power in dynamic Korea: soft power and government involvement in the Korean Wave / Hannah Michell -- Creating our culture together: the contemporary audience for traditional Korean music / Cholong Sung -- South Korean film: commercial success, full service cinema and the crisis consciousness / Andrew David Jackson -- The South Korean literary field and its recent evolution / Eun Jin Jeong -- South Korean national identity and inter-Korean relations since 1945 / Sarah A. Son -- South Korean relations with North Korea / Lonnie Edge -- The past, present and future of United States-South Korea relations / David Hundt -- Japan-South Korea international relations / Hyung-Gu Lynn -- Between a wedge and a hedge: South Korea's dilemma over China relations / Ed Griffith -- Security dimensions in light of changing dynamics: the rise of South Korea as a global player / Virginie Grzelczyk -- Continuity and changes in South Korea's middle power diplomacy / Marco Milani -- Korean language overseas / Seon Jung Kim -- South Korea in the secondary education system in the United Kingdom / Michael Maddison, Aaron Wilkes and Richard MaFahn.