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

Week IV:
April 22nd and 24th     
Democratization and Social Movements


Wednesday:
Environmental Movements in Japan and Korea

Friday:
Taiwan and South Korea after 1987


Discussion:

  • How did the changing political environment after 1987 change the environmental and labor movements in Taiwan and South Korea?
  • What were the legacies from pre-1987 social movements in Taiwan and South Korea?
  • Can there be state-led green growth without a political movement?

Reading (summary due)

  • Liu, Leverage of the Weak, chaps 4, 5 and conclusion
  • Christopher M. Dent, "South Korea's Green Growth Strategy and East Asia's New Developmentalism," In Anthony P. D'Costa, ed. After Development Dynamics (Oxford) pp 45-65 (find electronic copy in UW Library System)

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 Last Updated:
3/20/2020

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