TY - BOOK AU - Kim Young-Chan AU - Kin Doo-Jin AU - Kim Young-Jun TI - South Korea: challenging globalisation and the post-crisis reforms T2 - Asian Studies Series: Contemporary issues and trends SN - 9781843344728 AV - HC467.96 SOU PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Chandos Publishing KW - Economic history KW - Korea (South) KW - Economic Policy KW - Globalisation KW - International economic relations N1 - Earlier versions of the chapters in this volume were delivered at the second Anglo-Korean Global Conference; Includes an index; Preface - systematic change in Korea since the IMF crisis; Introduction: Korean economy in the globalisation era: the Kim Young-Sam period; Korean Chaebol: going global and over-expanded FDI; 'Dismal leadership' or macroeconomic fatigue? An analysis of the Kim Young-Sam administration's role in the 1997 economic crisis; Labor relations during the Korean civil government; Kim Young-Sam's reform and unexpected tragedy that followed; The Korean financial crisis and government policies: perception and response; Bipolarization of the Korean economy and its policy implications; Implications of Korea's Segyehwa policy; The IMF crisis and the crisis of the Korean labour movement; Beyond neo-liberal globalization: agenda for the Korean reformist government N2 - South Korea: Challenging globalisation and the post-crisis reforms examines the major economic issues flowing from the Korean financial crisis of 1997, and covers such issues as industrial relations, macroeconomic sectors, the role of administrations, and corporates' globalisation process by over-expanded foreign direct investment. ER -