NCJ Number
121828
Journal
Korean Social Science Journal Volume: 13 Dated: (1986-1987) Pages: 95-123
Date Published
1986
Length
29 pages
Annotation
This article examines how social control carried out by the government of the Republic of Korea is related to the Korean policy of industrialization.
Abstract
Social control has become an element of successful industrialization of the Korean economy. Labor unions reflect the policy of social control for industrialization: they were structured and subsidized by the government, which also defined their legal activities. The corporatist State has thus created the structures, controls, and incentives that drive the work force in fulfillment of industrialization. The government's control is based on constraints on rather than inducements to labor. Economic growth has taken place at the price of distribution, however, and workers suffer from low wages and income inequality. Fruitful relationships between labor and management do not exist. As the numbers of workers increase, governmental social control will be used not only to perpetuate industrialization, but also to build export-oriented industrialization. 44 references.