| ID | 155761 |
| Title Proper | Free trade agreements and “economic territory” as a geoeconomic imaginary in South Korea |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lee, Seung-Ook |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Since the early 2000s, the discourse of “economic territory” has surfaced in conjunction with economic neoliberalization in South Korea. This paper argues that economic territory as a geoeconomic imaginary not only facilitated the expansion of free trade agreements as an accumulation strategy but also served as a hegemonic project which masked the nature of an accumulation strategy as a class project and consolidated political legitimacy by manipulating nationalism. To examine this linkage, it critically draws upon the idea of cultural political economy (CPE) developed by Lancaster-based sociologists Bob Jessop and Ngai-Ling Sum. This paper offers a fresh and more substantial interpretation of South Korea’s political economy and opens up new analytical space for CPE. |
| `In' analytical Note | Critical Asian Studies Vol. 49, No.4; Dec 2017: p.569-586 |
| Journal Source | Critical Asian Studies 2017-12 49, 4 |
| Key Words | Cultural Political Economy ; Political Hegemony ; Economic Territory ; Accumulation Strategy ; Free Trade Agreements (FATs) |