A Statist Political Economy and High Demand for Education in South Korea

Creator

Ki Siu Kim

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

June 1999

Abstract

In the 1998 academic year, 84 percent of South Korea's high school "leavers" entered a university or college while almost all children went up to high schools. This is to say, South Korea is now moving into a new age of universal higher education. Even so, competition for university entrance remains intense. What is here interesting is South Koreans' unusually high demand for education. In this article, I criticize the existing cultural and socio-economic interpretations of the phenomenon. Instead, I explore a new interpretation by critically referring to the recent political economy debate on South Korea's state-society/market relationship. ...

Keywords

Education--South Korea

Extent

25

Geographic Location

South Korea

Volume

7

Issue

19

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00131

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Recommended Citation

Kim, Ki Siu, "A Statist Political Economy and High Demand for Education in South Korea" (1999). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 346.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/346