Marxist Perspectives on South Korea in the Global Economy Hardcover - 2007

Martin Hart-Landsberg is Professor of Economics and Director of the Political Economy Program at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, USA. He received his PhD from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He is the author of several books on the economy and politics of Northeast Asia, and his articles have appeared in numerous international peer-reviewed journals including Critical Asian Studies, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Review of Radical Political Economics, Against the Current, and Historical Materialism. Seongjin Jeong is Professor of Economics and former Director of Institute for Social Sciences at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea. He received his PhD from Seoul National University and has written widely on Marxism and the Korean economy. His work has appeared in international peer-reviewed journals including Review of Radical Political Economics and Rethinking Marxism. He has also translated some major Marxist works into Korean. Richard Westra is Assistant Professor of political economy in the Division of International and Area Studies, Pukyong National University, South Korea. He received his PhD from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, and has previously taught at the Royal Military College of Canada, the International Study Center, UK and the College of the Bahamas, Nassau. His work has appeared in numerous international peer-reviewed journals including Capital & Class, Review of International Political Economy, Journal of Contemporary Asia and Review of Radical Political Economics.