Crisis and Change: South Korea in a Post-1977 New Era

Introduction
* Post-1997 South Korea: A New Era Republic

Chapter 1 The Old Order Republic, Pre-1997
* Introduction * Economic Policy * Political Ideology * Foreign Policy

Chapter 2 New Era Republic, Post-1997
* Introduction * The Strategy of Leveraging Technological Innovation * Economic Policy * Political Ideology * Law * Foreign Policy * Social Change * Infrastructure * Education * Conclusion

Chapter 3 Economic Policy
* The Old Order Republic: Development of Government-led Economic Policy
* Transition from Old Order to New Era: 1997 Korean Financial Crisis * New Era Republic: A fundamentally Different Economic Policy * Strengthening the Financial Sector * Corporate Restructuring * Capital Market Liberalization and Foreign Investment Promotion * International Trade Liberalization * The New Era's Economic Achievements * Old Order vs. New Era * Nation Building Technology and the New Era Republic

Chpater 4 Law
* Crisis Creates Change * New Era Legislative Reform: A Response to Crisis
* Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act * Financial Sector Restructuring
* Foreign Investment Promotion * Labor Market Reforms *The New Era and Law

Chapter 5 Politics
* Korean Political History:1945-2002 *The New Political Landscape of the Post-1997 Era * Conclusion

Chapter 6 Foreign Policy
* Korea-U.S. Alliance *Alliance Origin * Differences in Foreign Policy between the U.S. and Korea *Current Issues of International Security Environment in East Asia
* Foreign Policy Changes in Northeast Asia * South Korea's Self-Reliant Defense Policy * Conclusion

Chapter 7 Social Change
* Digital Generation * International Acclaim * Hanryu-Korean Wave
* Generational Gap and Convergence

Chapter 8 Infrastructure
* IT NAtion * Transportation Network * Balanced Regional Development
* Conclusion

Chapter 9 Education
* Global Korean Education * Adapting Infrastructure * Adapting Universities to the Information Age * Adapting Educational Administration to the Information Age
* Conclusion

Chapter 10 Future Prospects
* Post-1997 South Korea: An Emerging Global Player * New Era Republic: Strategic Asian Hub Nation * Conclusion

Addendum Chapter 11 Crisis Response Theory : Meiji Japan's Case
* Meiji Japan(1868-1912) *Conclusion

Addendum Chapter 12 Crisis Response Theory : The U.S. Case
* Kennedy Administration "New Frontier"(1961-1963) * Conclusion

End Notes
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