Description

Book Synopsis
Explores the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula. This book analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy, religion, education, population, and public health.

Trade Review
"[Breaks] new ground... [Hwang has] offered readers an ambitious challenge: one directed to Korean studies, but also one also carrying its implications far beyond." Cross-Currents

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface Note on Romanization and Translations Introduction PART ONE. THE STRUCTURES OF STATE RATIONALIZATION 1 * State Making under Imperialism: Fragmentation and Consolidation in the Central State 2 * Th e Centrality of the Periphery: Developing the Provincial and Local State 3 * Constructing Legitimacy: Symbolic Authority and Ideological Engineering PART TWO. RATIONALIZING SOCIETY 4 * State and Economy: Developmentalism 5 * State and Religion: Secularization and Pluralism 6 * Public Schooling: Cultivating Citizenship Education 7 * Population Management: Registration, Classification, and the Remaking of Society 8 * Public Health and Biopolitics: Discipliningthrough Disease Control Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

Rationalizing Korea

    Product form

    £27.00

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £30.00 – you save £3.00 (10%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Thu 6 Aug 2026.

    A Paperback / softback by Kyung Moon Hwang

    10 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Rationalizing Korea by Kyung Moon Hwang

      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780520288324, 978-0520288324
      ISBN10: 0520288327

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula. This book analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy, religion, education, population, and public health.

      Trade Review
      "[Breaks] new ground... [Hwang has] offered readers an ambitious challenge: one directed to Korean studies, but also one also carrying its implications far beyond." Cross-Currents

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface Note on Romanization and Translations Introduction PART ONE. THE STRUCTURES OF STATE RATIONALIZATION 1 * State Making under Imperialism: Fragmentation and Consolidation in the Central State 2 * Th e Centrality of the Periphery: Developing the Provincial and Local State 3 * Constructing Legitimacy: Symbolic Authority and Ideological Engineering PART TWO. RATIONALIZING SOCIETY 4 * State and Economy: Developmentalism 5 * State and Religion: Secularization and Pluralism 6 * Public Schooling: Cultivating Citizenship Education 7 * Population Management: Registration, Classification, and the Remaking of Society 8 * Public Health and Biopolitics: Discipliningthrough Disease Control Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account