{"product_id":"9781501710735-from-miracle-to-mirage","title":"From Miracle to Mirage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Making and Unmaking of the Korean Middle Class, 1960-2015. Myungji Yang’s From Miracle to Mirage is a critical account of the trajectory of state-sponsored middle-class formation in Korea in the second half of the twentieth century. Yang’s book offers a compelling story of the reality behind the myth of middle-class formation. Capturing the emergence, reproduction, and fragmentation of the Korean. \u003cp\u003eMyungji Yang’s \u003ci\u003eFrom Miracle to Mirage\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical account of the trajectory of state-sponsored middle-class formation in Korea in the second half of the twentieth century. Yang’s book offers a compelling story of the reality behind the myth of middle-class formation. Capturing the emergence, reproduction, and fragmentation of the Korean middle class, \u003ci\u003eFrom Miracle to Mirage\u003c\/i\u003e traces the historical process through which the seemingly successful state project of building a middle-class society resulted in a mirage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYang argues that profitable speculation in skyrocketing prices for Seoul real estate led to mobility and material comforts for the new middle class. She also shows that the fragility inherent in such developments was embedded in the very formation of that socioeconomic group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking exception to conventional views, Yang emphasizes the role of the state in producing patterns of class structure and social inequality. She demonstrates the speculative and exclusionary ways in which the middle class was formed. Domestic politics and state policies, she argues, have shaped the lived experiences and identities of the Korean middle class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Miracle to Mirage\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a new interpretation of the reality behind the myth. Yang’s analysis provides evidence of how in cultural and objective terms the country’s rapid, compressed program of economic development created a deeply distorted distribution of wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40914872664161,"sku":"9781501710735","price":41.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/49a241259a8c92c00fc29a1699b8a327.png?v=1689869470","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781501710735-from-miracle-to-mirage","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}