{"product_id":"korean-skilled-workers-toward-a-labor-aristocracy-paperback","title":"Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor Aristocracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHyung-A Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClark W. Sorensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Korea's triumphant development has catapulted the country's economy to the eleventh largest in the world. Large family-owned conglomerates, or\u003ci\u003e chaebŏls\u003c\/i\u003e, such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG, have become globally preeminent manufacturing brands. Yet Korea's highly disciplined, technologically competent skilled workers who built these brands have become known only for their successful labor-union militancy, which in recent decades has been criticized as collective \"selfishness\" that has allowed them to prosper at the expense of other workers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHyung-A Kim tells the story of Korea's first generation of skilled workers in the heavy and chemical industries sector, following their dramatic transition from 1970s-era \"industrial warriors\" to labor-union militant \"Goliat Warriors,\" and ultimately to a \"labor aristocracy\" with guaranteed job security, superior wages, and even job inheritance for their children. By contrast, millions of Korea's non-regular employees, especially young people, struggle in precarious and insecure employment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis richly documented account demonstrates that industrial workers' most enduring goal has been their own economic advancement, not a wider socialist revolution, and shows how these individuals' paths embody the consequences of rapid development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHyung-A Kim\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of Korean history and politics at the Australian National University. She is author of\u003ci\u003e Korea's Development under Park Chung Hee: Rapid Industrialization, 1961-1979\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45773772488901,"sku":"9780295747217","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/XBeb7eA-7F9780295747217.webp?v=1770514750","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/korean-skilled-workers-toward-a-labor-aristocracy-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}