Globalization of Korean Society (GKS)

Jongryn Mo Yonsei University Summer 2010 Globalization of Korean Society (GKS) Why is there so much fuss about globalization? For most of us at Yonsei University, globalization is something good, evitable, and irreversible. But even supporters of globalization are not sure if Korean society is globalizing or globalized and if it is not, how to make it more globalized. In thinking about how to globalize Korean society, we must begin with some general conceptual questions. What do we mean by globalization and why is globalization accelerating at the global level? Is globalization new or something we always had? After examining the phenomenon of globalization at the global level, we move to deal with national responses to globalization. We ask how to conceptualize and measure the national level of globalization and how to explain variations across countries in the globalization level. The first part (Part I) of the course therefore gives a basic analytical framework for framing and analyzing the problem of Korean globalization. To identify and analyze factors unique to Korean globalization, a good understanding of Korean history is necessary. Throughout its history, Korea has lived in a very dynamic international environment, so has always been subject to external influences. But Korea s openness to the outside has varied and we want to ask in Part II why some periods in Korean history were more open than others. Part III looks at sectors of Korean society that are examples of successful globalization. For each sector selected, we ask three questions: Is this sector setting new global standards or generally recognized as a standard setter? If so, what accounts for its success? Can we say that the success is based on a Korean, Asian or global model? Lastly, can this sector become a champion of Korean globalization? A close look at successful globalizers in Korean society will help us understand what is needed for further globalization of Korean society as a whole. 1

Grading: Mid-term (30%), final (40%), quizzes (20%) and participation (10%) Readings: The Course Packet to be purchased at the Copy Center. You can also look up where I stand on current issues at my homepage, http://www.rig.or.kr. Required readings are labeled with an asterisk (*). Course Schedule Part I: Globalization: Concepts and Models Lecture 1/2 (June 29): What Is Globalization? * Globalization and its critics, The Economist, September 21, 2001 A Globalizing World? Culture, Economics and Politics, edited by David Held. Ch1. Deloitte Research, Globalization at Risk, September 2005 Lecture 3 (June 30): History of Globalization * MacGillivray, Alex. 2006. A Brief History of Globalization. Various chapters. Friedman, Thomas. The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Introduction and chapter 1. Friedman, Thomas. The World Is Flat. Selected sections. Lechner, Frank and John Boli. The Globalization Reader, 2 nd edition. Introduction to Part II and chapters 8, 9, 10 Lecture 4 (July 1): Measures of National Globalization * The Globalization Index 2007. Foreign Policy, Nov/Dec 2007. KOF Index of Globalization Garrett, Geoffrey. Globalization s Missing Middle. Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2004. Azar, Gat. The Return of Authoritarian Great Powers. Foreign Affairs (July- August, 2007) 2

Lecture 5 (July 5): The 2008 Financial Crisis and the National Models of Globalization * Bremmer, Ian. State Capitalism Comes of Age. Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009 * Kutnner, Robert. 2008 (March/April). The Copenhagen Consensus: Reading Adam Smith in Denmark. Foreign Affairs, 78-94. Altman, Roger. The Great Crash, 2008. Foreign Affairs, January/February 2009. Sense and Nonsense in the Globalization Debate. In International Political Economy (fourth edition), eds. Jeffrey Frieden and David Lake. Lecture 6 (July 6): Globalization and the Theory of Protectionism * Lake, David and Jeffrey Frieden. 2000. Introduction: International Politics and International Economics. In International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth (4 th edition), eds. David Lake and Jeffrey Frieden. * Coughlin, Cletus, K. Chrystal and Geffrey Wood. Protectionist Trade Policies: A Survey of Theory, Evidence and Rationale. Reprinted in Lake and Frieden. Krasner, Stephen. State Power and the Structure of International Trade. Reprinted in Lake and Frieden. Kindleberger, Charles. The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe. Reprinted in Lake and Frieden. Kim, So Young. Openness, External Risk, and Volatility: Implications for the Compensation Hypothesis. International Organization, 61: 181-216.. Part II: Korean globalization in historical perspective Lecture 7 (July 7): The Traditional Order of East Asian Relations *Bae, Ki-chan. Korea at the Crossroads, pp 39-55. Holcombe, Charles. The Genesis of East Asia: 221 B.C.- A.D. 907. Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 7 3

Koh, Byong-ik. Essays on East Asian History and Cultural Traditions. Chapter 1. Kang, David. 2003. Getting Asia Wrong. International Security, 27: 57-85. Acharya, Amitav. 2003. Will Asia's Past Be Its Future? International Security, 28: 149-164 Lecture 8 (July 8): Korean Intellectuals and the Breakdown of the Sinocentric Order * Kim, Hyung-Chan. Yu Kil-chun: A Korean Crusader for Reform. Korea Journal, December 1972. * Syngman Rhee. The Spirit of Independence. The Epilogue. * Korea Old and New. Chapters 13 and 14. Lecture 9 /10 (July 12, 13): Japan and the United States * Korea: The Politics of the Vortex. Chapters 4 and 5 * Cummings, Bruce. The Origins and Development of the Northeast Asian Political Economy. International Organization, 38 (Winter 1984) Kohli, Atul. "Where Do High Growth Political Economies Come From?: The Japanese Lineage of Korea's 'Developmental State.'" World Development 22:9 (September 1994): 1269-1293. Haggard, Stephan, David Kang, and Chung-In Moon. "Japanese Colonialism and Korean Development: A Critique." World Development 25:6 (June 1997): 867-881. [Video] Modern Boy, 2008 ( 모던보이 ) Lecture 11 (July 14): The Transition to Export-Led Industrialization in the Early 1960s * Haggard, Stephen, Byung-kook Kim and Chung-in Moon. The Transition to Export-Led Growth in 1954-1966. Journal of Asian Studies, 50: 850-873. Haggard, Stephen. 1990. Pathways from the Periphery. Princeton University Press. [Video] The Land of Korea, 1968 ( 속팔도강산 세계를간다 ) 4

[July 15: Mid-term examination] Lecture 12 (July 19): The Politics of Liberalization and Stabilization in the Early 1980s * Haggard, Stephan and Chung-in Moon. Institutions and Economic Policy: Theory and a Korean Case Study. World Politics, 42: 210-237. Lecture 13 (July 20): The Segyehwa Movement in 1993-1997 * Kim, Samuel. 2000. Korea s Globalization. Chapters 1 and 14. Shin, Gi-wook. The Paradox of Korean Globalization. Working Papers, APARC, Stanford University. January 2003. Lecture 14 (July 21): Post-Crisis Reforms * Mo, Jongryn. 2009. Korean Economic System Ten Years After. In Crisis as Catalyst, eds. Andrew MacIntyre, TJ Pempel and John Ravenhill. Cornell University Press. Mo, Jongryn. 1999. Korea after the Crash. Journal of Democracy. Mo, Jongryn. The Microfoundations of the Developmental State and the Asian Economic Crisis. Global Economic Review, Vol. 34 No.1, March 2005. Lecture 15 (July 22): Globalization and the Future of Korean Society * Goldman Sachs. How Solid are the BRICs? Global Economics Paper No: 134. December 1, 2005. A Special Report on the Koreas, The Economist, September 27, 2008. Roll over, Godzilla: Korea rule, The New York Times, June 28, 2005 China s youth look to Seoul for inspiration, The New York Times, January 2, 2006 Ugly images of Asian rivals become best sellers in Japan, The New York Times, November 19, 2005. Naisbitt, John. Megatrends Asia: The Eight Asian Megatrends that Are Changing the World. Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 1997. Introduction. 5

Part III: Champions and Drivers of Korean Globalization Lecture 16 (July 26): Samsung * Samsung: As Good as It Gets?,, The Economist, January 13, 2005 * Samsung: Lee Bows Out, The Economist, April 24, 2008 Bethke, Erik, Korea s Place in the Virtual World, Transcript, July 2007. The Samsung Way, Business Week, June 16, 2003. Samsung s Next Act. Forbes Vol. 174 Issue 2. July 26, 2004. Aiming for the Top, Electronic Business, August 2004. Samsung Design. Business Week, November 29, 2004. Will Korea Breakup Samsung?, Newsweek, February 20, 2006. Souped-up Blog Takes South Korea by Storm, International Herald Tribune, December 31, 2004. Cyworld Expands Deep into Realm of China, The Korea Times, Nov. 7, 2005. Kim Beom Soo, BusinessWeek, July 12, 2004. Invaders from the Land of the Broadband, The Economist, December 11, 2003. The Little Search Engine that Could, Business Week, Jan 30, 2006. Google fails to make inroads in South Korea, USA Today, April 30, 2006. Lecture 17 (July 27): Korean Popular Culture * Shim, Doobo. Hybridity and the Rise of Korean Popular Culture in Asia. Media, Culture & Society, 28: 25-44 (2006). * Park, Jin Young, The Globalization of Korean Entertainment, Transcript, May 2007. Ko, Jeong-min. The Korean Film Industry: Challenges and Prospects. Issue Report, Samsung Economic Research Institute, January 2008. Huat, Chua Beng. Conceptualizing an East Asian Popular Culture. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, August 2004. South Korea soap operas find large audiences, San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 2005. 6

Asian Idol: Surgeons face a new fad: Korean Cool, Asian Wall Street Journal, October 21-23, 2005. A Cool Change, Asian Wall Street Journal, October 28-30, 2005. Mr. Vengeance, New York Times, April 9, 2006. Pacific Quest, Forbes, May 22, 2006 [Video] My Sassy Girlfriend, 2001 ( 엽기적인그녀 ) [Video] Mulan, 1998 Lecture 18 (July 28): Korean Youth * Flake, L. Gordon, The Rise, Fall and Transformation of the 386 : Generational Change in Korea, In Emerging Leaders in East Asia, National Bureau for Asian Research, September 2008. Kim, Jooyoung and Joongi Kim. 2001. Shareholder Activism in Korea. Journal of Korean Law. Kim, Sunhyuk. Civil Society and Democratization. In Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy, and the State, ed. Charles Armstrong. Routledge, 2002. Sook-Jong Lee. The Rise of Korean Youth as a Political Force: Implications for the U.S.-Korea Alliance. Brookings Northeast Asia Survey 2003-04: 15-30. Survey of South Korea, The Economist, April 17, 2003. Pastreich, Emanuel. The Balancer: Roh Moo-hyun s Vision of Korean Politics and the Future of Northeast Asia. Japan Focus, August 1, 2005. Chaihark, Hahm and Sung Ho Kim. Constitutionalism on Trial in South Korea. Journal of Democracy vol. 16, no. 2, April 2005. Cheon, Young-Cheol. Internet newspapers as Alternative Media: The Case of Ohmynews in South Korea. Media Development, January 2004. Schroeder, Christopher, Is this the Future of Journalism? Newsweek, June 18, 2004. Wagstaff, Jeremy, Korea s News Crusaders, Far Eastern Economic Review, Oct 7, 2004. Biggs, Stuart, Citizen-journalists reshape the media, South China Morning Post, March 7, 2006. 7

Lecture 19 (July 29): Korean Women * Divorce in South Korea: Striking a New Attitude, The New York Times, September 21, 2003. * South Korea, in Turnabout, Now Calls More Babies, The New York Times, August 21, 2005. Lecture 20 (August 2): Korean Church * Korean Missionaries Carrying Word to Hard-to-Sway Places, The New York Times, November 1, 2004. * Helping North Koreans Defect is Easy Part, Missionaries Find, The New York Times, December 19, 2005. Kim, Sung Gun. Korean Protestant Christianity in the Midst of Globalization. Korea Journal (Winter 2007). Lecture 21 (August 3): English Language Education * Shim, Doobo and Joseph Sung-Yul Park. The Language Politics of English Fever in South Korea. Korea Journal, 48: 136-159. * A Wrenching Choice, Washington Post, January 9, 2005. Lecture 22 (August 4): Looking toward the future: Which Model of Globalization? * Woo-Cumings, Meredith. Three Mirrors for Korea s Future. Korea Economic Institute. * Mo, Jongryn. 2008. Cultural Integration between the United States and Korea. U.S.-ROK Policy Options. Korea Economic Institute. [August 5: Final Examination] 8