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Han Unbound: The Political Economy of South Korea.(Review)
American Political Science Review, March, 1999 by Lee, Aie-Rie
By John Lie. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. 255p. $39.50.
Aie-Rie Lee, Texas Tech University
This book is a sophisticated interdisciplinary analysis of the political economy of South Korea from the 1950s to the late 1980s, focusing on rapid industrialization and authoritarian politics. Drawing from a wide range of primary and secondary sources, John Lie skillfully traces the ambivalence of development - both its triumphs and tragedies. In doing so, he takes strong command of the central cultural themes, economic circumstances, and political forces at work in ...
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