Beyond East Asian welfare productivism in South Korea

Policy and Politics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-125

  Kim, Yeon Myung ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

East Asian welfare states; Productive welfare capitalism; Welfare state in Korea

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 39649101270     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557308783431652     Document Type: Article

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