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Leverage of the Weak: Labor and Environmental Movements in Taiwan and South Korea

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By (author): Hwa-Jen Liu

Comparing Taiwan and South Korea strategically, Hwa-Jen Liu seeks an answer to a deceptively simple question: Why do social movements appear at different times in a nations development?

Despite their apparent resemblancea colonial heritage, authoritarian rule, rapid industrialization, and structural similaritiesTaiwan and South Korea were opposites in their experiences with two key social movements. South Korea followed a conventional capitalist route: labor movements challenged the system long before environmental movements did. In Taiwan, pro-environment struggles gained strength before labor activism. Liu argues that part of the explanation lies in an analysis of how movements advance their causes by utilizing different types of power. Whereas labor movements have the power of economic leverage, environmental movements depend on the power of ideology. Therefore, examining material factors versus ideational factors is crucial to understanding the successes (or failures) of social movements.

Leverage of the Weak is a significant contribution to the literature on social movements, to the study of East Asian political economies, and to the progress of the comparative-historical method. It enhances knowledge of movement emergence, investigates the possibilities and obstacles involved in forging laborenvironment alliances, and offers the first systematic, multilayered comparisons across movements and nations in East Asia.


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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Jul 2015
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780816689514

About Hwa-Jen Liu

Hwa-Jen Liu teaches sociology at the National Taiwan University.

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