South Korean civil movement organisations : hope, crisis, and pragmatism in democratic transition / Amy Levine.
Material type:
TextSeries: New ethnographiesPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource (xi, 176 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781784996833
- 1784996831
- 9781526109613
- 1526109611
- Civil society -- Korea (South)
- Democratization -- Korea (South)
- Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 2002-
- Non-governmental organizations -- Korea (South)
- Social movements -- Korea (South)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
- Sociology & Anthropology
- Civil society
- Democratization
- Non-governmental organizations
- Politics and government
- Social movements
- Korea (South)
- Since 2002
- 303.4/84/095195 23
- JQ1729.A15 L483 2016eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
This is a unique ethnographic study of the practical, theoretical, methodological, ethical and social dimensions of some key non-governmental organisations (NGOs), non-profit organisations (NPOs), and think tanks in Seoul during Roh Moo Hyun's tumultuous presidency (2003-8).
Cover; South Korean civil movement organisations; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements ; Series editor's foreword ; Note on romanisation and translation ; Map of South Korea and neighbouring countries ; Introduction; 1 Entanglements; 2 Ideology as double bind; 3 Green is life; 4 Projecting discourse: less than theory, smaller than ideology; 5 Designing the agenda with hope; Conclusion; References; Index.
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