Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Seoul in the Global Economy: (Re)conceptualizing a Political Economy of Urban Development 2. Government’s Economic Growth Policy and Labor Structure in the city 3. A New Global Urban Middle Class? Gangnam Area 4. Transnational Communities in Seoul Metropolitan Area 5. New Town Project in Seoul: Neoliberal Urban Policy at Crossroad? 6. Hallyu in Global Culture Flow: Moving Cultural Products Between Cities

About the Author

Kyoung-Ho Shin is Professor of Sociology at Northwest Missouri State University, USA and the editor of Multicultural Education in Global Era.

Michael Timberlake is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Utah, USA. He is the editor of Urbanization in the World-Economy and the co-editor of What are Cities?

Reviews

"The book strikes out new territory and prompts ideas on what more should be done, including fieldwork-based grounded empirical studies shedding further light on the remarkable emergence of urban South Korea."Hyung Min Kim for the Journal of Urban Affairs