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JSIS A 405/ANTH 449,
Spring 2020
The Social Transformation of Modern East Asia

Week III:
April 15th and 17th
Industrialization and Social Movements


Wednesday: Industrialization, Labor, and Evironment

Friday: Early Riser Movements in Japan and Korea


Discussion Questions:

  • How does the pattern of industrialization different between Taiwan and South Korea?
  • How, and among whom, does the consciousness of pollution as a "problem" arise?
Reading:
  • Hwa-Jen Liu, Leverage of the Weak: Labor and Environmental Movements in Taiwan and South Korea. (University of Minnesota Press 2015, chaps 1-3
  • Judith Shapiro, China's Environmental Challenges, Chap 5, "Popular Participation and Civil Society" (see course website)

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 Last Updated:
3/20/2020

Contact the instructor at: sangok@u.washington.edu