[KS] Confucianism and economic development

[lawrence driscoll]

Hi again:
Although it focuses primarily on the Chinese business experience, you  may 
also find "The Spirit of Capitalism" by S.Gordon Redding, Walter de Gruyter 
1990, of interest.
Best wishes for a happy Year of the Sheep.
Lawrence Driscoll
p.s. I don't know if my previous message was sent successfully but it 
referred to Part III of the conference proceedings published as  "Confucian 
Traditions in East Asian Modernity", (Moral Education and Economic Culture 
in Japan and the Four Mini-Dragons) edited by Tu,Wei Ming, Harvard 
University Press, 1996.




>From: Morgan Pitelka <mpitelka at oxy.edu>
>Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>To: <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
>Subject: [KS] Confucianism and economic development
>Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 13:17:46 -0800
>
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>One of my advisees is conducting research on the connection between
>Confucianism and economic development in postwar South Korea. He is
>interested in both practice and discourse. In other words, he is not
>assuming that the connection always exists and is important, but rather
>expects that in many examples the rhetoric of Confucianism became a
>corporate and state tool in the attempt to construct certain kinds of
>identities and encourage certain kinds of behavior.
>
>The problem he is encountering is a plethora of vague references to the
>Confucian-development connection (particularly in discussions of the
>chaebol) combined with a lack of specific evidence.
>
>Can anyone suggest materials that might be useful in the study of this
>issue? Interviews, case studies, diaries, corporate PR, etc.? I've pasted
>the basic reading list he is working with at this point to the bottom of
>this message. (I am a specialist in East Asian premodern ceramics and
>cultural history, and thus out of my depth when it comes to modern economic
>history.)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Morgan
>
>*****************
>Morgan Pitelka
>Asian Studies Department
>408 Johnson Hall
>Occidental College
>1600 Campus Road
>Los Angeles, CA 90041
>1-323-259-1421
>mailto:mpitelka at oxy.edu
>*****************
>
>Amsden, Alice. Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization.
>Oxford, 1989.
>
>Borthwick, Mark. The Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia.
>Westview, 1992.
>
>Brook, Timothy and H.V. Luong. Culture and Economy: The Shaping of
>Capitalism in Eastern Asia. Michigan, 1997.
>
>Chung Kae H. and H.C. Lee. Korean Managerial Dynamics. Praeger, 1989.
>
>Cummings, Bruce. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. Norton, 1997.
>
>Das, Dilip K. Korean Economic Dynamism. St. Martin's Press, 1992.
>
>Kim, Eun M. Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in South
>Korean Development, 1960-1990. State University of New York, 1997
>
>Steers, Richard M. Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai.
>Routledge, 1999.
>
>Tai, Hung-chao. Confucianism and Economic Development: An Oriental
>Alternative? Washington Institute Press, 1989.
>
>Ungson, Gerardo R., R.M. Steers, and S.H. Park. Korean Enterprise: The 
>Quest
>for Globalization. Harvard Business School, 1997.


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