@article{ART002244393},
author={Ina Jung},
title={A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea},
journal={Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies},
issn={1225-8539},
year={2017},
volume={24},
number={2},
pages={175-207},
doi={10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006}
TY - JOUR
AU - Ina Jung
TI - A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea
JO - Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
PY - 2017
VL - 24
IS - 2
PB - Institute of Global Affairs
SP - 175
EP - 207
SN - 1225-8539
AB - Land Reform was carried out widely in the Third World, such as in East Asia and Latin America shortly after Second World War. In general, the experiences of Korea, Japan and Taiwan have been cited as successful cases, while the failure of land reform in Latin America has been explained as one of the main reasons for underdevelopment of the region. This study focuses on the fact that the relative success of land reform in Korea and other East Asian countries has been accepted generally as an efficient instrument for the drive toward economic modernization, and it has been viewed as an industrialization policy without any serious criticism drawbacks. Then, the aim of this article is to analyze the land reform from the perspective of class struggle, which surfaces in the course of land reform; for this purpose two contrasting cases are examined, Guatemala and Korea in 1950s. Also, it is necessary to take into account the new international order established at the beginning of Cold War era, instead of looking at the land reform in terms of the physical distribution of land or as a strategic precondition for economic development. This approach yields critical perspectives about land reform, which has previously been considered as a purely national policy or neutral institutional means for economic development.
KW - Land Reform;Class Struggle;Policy;Guatemala;Korea
DO - 10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006
ER -
Ina Jung. (2017). A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 24(2), 175-207.
Ina Jung. 2017, "A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea", Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, vol.24, no.2 pp.175-207. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006
Ina Jung "A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 24.2 pp.175-207 (2017) : 175.
Ina Jung. A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea. 2017; 24(2), 175-207. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006
Ina Jung. "A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 24, no.2 (2017) : 175-207.doi: 10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006
Ina Jung. A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 24(2), 175-207. doi: 10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006
Ina Jung. A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies. 2017; 24(2) 175-207. doi: 10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006
Ina Jung. A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea. 2017; 24(2), 175-207. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006
Ina Jung. "A Study on Class Struggle in the Course of Land Reform: Two Cases of Guatemala and Korea" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 24, no.2 (2017) : 175-207.doi: 10.18107/japs.2017.24.2.006
