IT Development in Korea A Broadband Nirvana? Routledge Advances in Korean Studies Series
Auteur : Lee Kwang-Suk
This book investigates the contextual factors that led to Korean society becoming ?broadband heaven? ? the most wired nation in the world ? by scrutinizing the historical contexts surrounding the Korean Information Infrastructure (KII) project (1995?2005), which aimed to establish a nationwide high-speed backbone network, as well as its later evolution, which involved redesigning the public infrastructure.
The book details the hidden mechanisms and the real elements of building the ?broadband heaven?: the global constraints conditioning its telecom policies, the dense state?capital linkages, and the bureaucratic desire for social control. It draws on the state-in-society approach to analyze the deformations caused by the symbiosis between the state and big business in implementing the rosy vision of the broadband network. This book provides insights into how to formulate future telecom policies along much more democratically participatory lines while restraining the overwhelming power of the telecom oligopolies and conglomerates. It stands alone as a comprehensive study of the recent East Asian model of IT development, written specifically to examine Korea?s socio-historical mechanisms for promoting physical speed and broadband mobility.
This book will be important reading to anyone interested in Korean Studies, Information Technology and I.T. Development.
Introduction: South Korea as Broadband Heaven? 1. The Political Economy of Networked Mobility: A Theoretical Overview 2. From a Physical Infrastructure to a Virtual Infrastructure in Modern Korea 3. Local Telecommunications Policy within the Digital Mode of Global Capitalism 4. The State–Business Symbiosis in Korea’s Broadband Infrastructure Plan 5. The Transformation of State Surveillance Practices toward a Grid of Control Conclusion: Beyond a Developmental State Model
Date de parution : 11-2011
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Mots-clés :
developmental; state; theories; backbone; network; korean; society; syngman; rhee; military; National Information Society Agency; Information Infrastructure; KORUS FTA; National Computerization Agency; Military Junta; SK Telecom; Kim Administration; Developmental State Theories; Atm Switch; National Id System; Rear Range; Saemaul Undong; Atm; National Telecom Market; NII Initiative; State Business Linkages; Common Carrier; Atm Technology; Korea’s Gdp; Civil Society; WTO Pact; East Asian States; School Management Information; Foreign Ownership Ceiling; Public Administration