Commons Perspectives in South Korea: Context, Fields, and Alternatives

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Since its founding in 2011 the Social Science Korea Research Center on the Commons and Sustainable Society (SSK Center) has been at the forefront of Commons Research in South Korea. This book brings together the discoveries and insights the Center has produced in its first decade, as a contribution to international commons research and to the understanding of the commons in South Korea particularly. Divided into five main parts, the book charts the course of commons research in South Korea. The first part surveys the historical background to commons thinking through the course of its foundation as a dictator-led developmental state through to its current democratic and neoliberal status quo. Following on from this, the second part looks at how diverse commons perspectives have taken root during this period. Part three then analyses the various specific fields through which commons research in Korea has grown. After this part four presents the fruits of this commons research – the alternative policies and social actions that have been proposed for Korean society. Lastly, part five addresses the remaining challenges which ongoing commons research in Korea is seeking to address. An insightful resource both for scholars of Korean political economy and for scholars of commons studies more broadly. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Introduction Part I The historical and social context of the rise of commons perspectives in South Korea Chapter 1 Progression of contemporary Korean history, dissolution of the commons, and the rise of commons thinking Chapter 2 The value of the common resources theory: Beyond developmentalism and neoliberalism Chapter 3 The crisis of social reproduction in Korean society and commons thinking Part II Competing and cooperating views in Korean perspectives on the commons Chapter 4 Sunureum as traditional commoning in Jeju: Reinterpretation of Jeju’s livestock culture Chapter 5 Commons, the Golden Rule, and sea fields around Jeju Chapter 6 A perspective on the rise of the commons movements in South Korea Part III The fields of the commons in South Korea Chapter 7 Decision-making structure on village commons and common management: The case of Haengwon-ri, Jeju Chapter 8 Formation and deprivation of the commons: Case of the Gyeonguiseon Commons and its implications Chapter 9 Knowledge commons movement in the humanities and social sciences in South Korea: A case study on the Knowledge Commoning Association in South Korea Part IV Commons-based alternatives in South Korea Chapter 10 Energy commons for a transition strategy Chapter 11 A study on introducing a youth dividend to Jeju Island: Measures to finance a citizens’ dividend program from commons Chapter 12 The commons: Legal rights and institutions to protect our common wealth Part V The future tasks of Korean Commons research Chapter 13 Commons research in Korea in the 21st century: Progress and tasks Chapter 14 Two dimensions and politics of the commons Index