The Quality of Life in Korea: Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives

As part of the rising global research movement for human betterment, this special volume features the changing quality of life in South Korea. Along with its three neighbors (Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan) South Korea transformed one of the world's poorest economies into an economic powerhous...

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Published inSocial indicators research Vol. 62-63; no. 1; pp. 3 - 16
Main Authors Shin, Doh Chull, Rutkowski, Conrad P, Park, Chong-Min
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.04.2003
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Civil society
Class
Comparative analysis
Consumption
Crime
Democracy
Democratization
Demographic change
Demography
Economic change
Economic crisis
Economic reform
Education policy
Employment
Environment
Family
Fiscal policy
GDP
Gender
Generations
GNP
Government
Government (Administrative Body)
Gross Domestic Product
Gross National Product
Health
Housing
Income
Indexing in process
International finance
Korea
Media
Occupations
OECD
Political attitudes
Political change
Political conditions
Political systems
Politics
Population
Poverty
Quality of life
Religious influences
Research methods
Social change
Social conditions
Social Indicators
Social research
Social stratification
Social Systems
Social values
Social welfare
Sociology
South Korea
Statistical Data
Students
Wage differentials
Well-being
Women
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Summary:As part of the rising global research movement for human betterment, this special volume features the changing quality of life in South Korea. Along with its three neighbors (Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan) South Korea transformed one of the world's poorest economies into an economic powerhouse within a single generation. With a population of 46 million and a GDP larger than that of ten of the 15 states in the European Union, South Korea is the only non-Western country recently admitted to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Notes other economic achievements and political transformation. Ideologically, South Korea has been undergoing a period of deep and profound transformation. Yet South Koreans question whether their country has truly become a better place within which to live. There is now a substantial rise in alienation and dehumanization, and a phenomenal rise in public violence and environmental pollution. This special volume examines the nature of these changes. (Quotes from original text)
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ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1023/A:1022697213313