Privilege and Anxiety : : The Korean Middle Class in the Global Era /

Privilege and Anxiety : : The Korean Middle Class in the Global Era / / Hagen Koo.

In Privilege and Anxiety, Hagen Koo examines what has happened to the Korean middle class in the era of rapid globalization and demonstrates that the middle class has experienced significant changes in its social character. The middle classes in most advanced economies today are frequently described...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
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Koo, Hagen,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (162 p.) :; 1 map, 13 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: The Fractured Middle
  • 1. The Rise and Fall of the Korean Middle Class
  • 2. Rising Inequality
  • 3. Consumption and Class Distinction
  • 4. Class Making, Gangnam Style
  • 5. Educational Class Struggle
  • 6. In Pursuit of Global Education
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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