Marxist Perspectives on South Korea in the Global Economy

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Marxist perspectives on South Korea in the global economy, Martin Hart-Landsberg, Seongjin Jeong and Richard Westra; Part 1 Marxian Method and South Korean Capitalism: Introduction; Trend of Marxian ratios in Korea: 1970-2003, Seongjin Jeong; Uneven development of the rates of surplus value: the case of South Korea, Dong-Min Rieu; State, market, and stages of capitalism in South Korean development, Richard Westra. Part 2 The South Korean Economy in Global Perspective: Introduction; China and the dynamics of transnational capital accumulation, Martin Hart-Landsberg and Paul Burkett; Changing patterns of accumulation and realization in East Asia since the 1990s, Joseph Halevi and Peter Kriesler. Part 3 The South Korean Economy in Historical Perspectives: Introduction; Land reform and capitalist development in Korea, Sang-Hwan Jang; A critical appraisal of the Park Chung Hee system, Soohaeng Kim and Seung-Ho Park. Part 4 The South Korean Economy into the Future: Introduction; The South Korean economy: problems and prospects, Martin Hart-Landsberg; When capital becomes society: the re-composition of capitalist work and new labor activism in Korea, Dae-oup Chang; Appendix: major political and economic events in Korea, 1945-2006; References; Index.