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A Contemporary Portrait of Life in Korea : Researching Recent Social and Political Trends, Hardback Book

A Contemporary Portrait of Life in Korea : Researching Recent Social and Political Trends Hardback

Edited by Jibum Kim

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This book delves into the values, attitudes, and behaviours of Koreans over the course of the past twenty years.

Compiled by leading Korean scholars, the book uses the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), the most comprehensive source of information detailing recent continuity and change in Korea, and addresses a diverse, wide-range of topics such as nationalism, familyism, social inequality, politics, religion, welfare, trust, attitudes towards North Korea, and attitudes towards sex.

These issues, in continuously shaping and influencing the lives of Koreans, deserve further examination so as to fully grasp a deeper understanding of Korean contemporary culture.

Each chapter covers an overview of background information about the chapter subject and then compares Korean attitudes to those of other countries, drawing on cross-national data derived from sources such as the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and the East Asian Social Survey (EASS).

It collates this data and then unpacks it to demonstrate trends and how they are impacted by stability or change.

Despite the rapid economic development and democratization in Korea, it remains difficult to pinpoint common denominators regarding recent social trends in Korea, and there are surprisingly few books that present a current, nuanced, and empirically substantiated scholarly depiction of Koreans and their social issues.

This book fills this gap in serving as an indispensable reference for students and scholars interested in the diverse issues in Korean society.

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