Challenges of Modernization and Governance in South Korea : The Sinking of the Sewol and Its Causes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Suh, Jae-Jung (Editor), Kim, Mikyoung (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sustainable development.; Development economics.; Environmental sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811040238
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4023-8
• Physical Description: XVII, 227 p. 5 illus. online resource.

Focusing on the sinking of the Sewol, a commercial ferry which capsized off the South Korean coast in April 2014, this book considers key issues of disaster, governance, civil society and the ideational transformation of human agents and their empowerment. Providing a lens through which to re-examin...