Revolutions from above: worker training as trasformismo in South Korea

Moore, P

Abstract

While making very substantial changes to the population's working conditions, government strategies to foster economic development in South Korea have historically attempted to keep worker involvement, in terms of influence on the process, to a bare minimum. Applying the Gramscian concept of passive revolution, this article analyses governance mechanisms and production relations over a history of authoritarianism and up to the contemporary period of democratic reform. Trasformismo, which is a strategy of limited concessions, has been provided via vocational training for workers. Despite this attempt at inclusion, it is concluded that workers have not enjoyed full participation in negotiation for their welfare at any time in Korean history.

Citation

Moore, P. (2005). Revolutions from above: worker training as trasformismo in South Korea. Capital and Class, 29(2), 39-72. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680508600104

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Sep 13, 2011
• Journal: Capital and Class
• Print ISSN: 0309-8168
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 39-72
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680508600104
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1177/030981680508600104