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- Title
Labor Politics and the Limits of Democracy in Korea.
- Authors
Yoonkyimg Lee
- Abstract
This essay traces the transformation of labor politics in South Korea since the late 1980s. Under the neoliberal restructuring of the labor market, organized labor has faced an uphill battle in advancing labor rights, despite the expansion of democratic politics. This study analyzes the fragmentation and stratification in the labor market and traces the concomitant changes in (1) workers' grievances and demands, (2) forms of collective action, and (3) trajectories of labor parties over the last three decades. It also identifies internal and external predicaments faced by the Korean labor movement, which have undermined its sociopolitical significance, despite the effective militancy it demonstrated in the democratizing context.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; LABOR parties; LABOR movement; NEOLIBERALISM; LABOR market
- Publication
Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 2018, Vol 14, Issue 2, p31
- ISSN
1815-7238
- Publication type
Article