Globalization, Statist Political Economy, and Unsuccessful Education Reform in South Korea, 1993-2003

Creator

Ki Su Kim

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

February 2005

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between globalization and national education reforms, especially those of educational systems. Instead of exploring the much debated issues of how globalization affects national educational systems and how the nations react by what kinds of systemic education reform, however, it focuses on what such a method often leaves out – the internal conditions of a nation that facilitates or hampers reform efforts. Taking South Korea as an example, it explores that country’s unique national context which restricts and even inhibits education reforms. ...

Keywords

Educational change, Globalization

Extent

26

Geographic Location

South Korea

Volume

13

Issue

12

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Kim, K. S. (2005, February 7). Globalization, statist political economy, and unsuccessful education reform in South Korea, 1993-2003. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13(12). http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v13n12.

Identifier

E11-00434

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Kim, Ki Su, "Globalization, Statist Political Economy, and Unsuccessful Education Reform in South Korea, 1993-2003" (2005). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 149.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/149