The political economy of convergence : the Janus faces of Korean convergence

Shin, Dong Hee (author), Venkatesh, Murali (author)

Drawing upon qualitative data from stakeholders in convergence in Korea, this study traces the process of convergence in terms of politics, regulation, and policy, and examines how the stakeholders' interests are aligned and coordinated in the process of convergence in Korea. Using actor network theory, the study relates the socio-technological construction of Korea's strategy for convergence reform. Key research questions are: (1) What strategy has Korea adopted, (2) What social and political factors have influenced strategy formulation, and (3) How different interests have stabilised ideologies in which actors formulate their strategies based on their interests. Despite the dynamics of interactions, the actor-network around convergence has not been effectively stabilised yet, as the politics of convergence is complex and marked by paradoxical features.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2008
• Number of pages: Str. 23-38
• Numbering: Vol. 15, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-75260
• UDC: 316.77
• ISSN on article: 1318-3222
• COBISS.SI-ID: 27263837
• Publication date in RUL: 21.12.2015

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Javnost
• Shortened title: Javnost
• Publisher: Taylor&Francis
• ISSN: 1318-3222
• COBISS.SI-ID: 40119808

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• Language: Unknown

Abstract

Na temelju kvalitativnih podatkov o udeležencih konvergence v Koreji članek obravnava proces konvergence z različnih vidikov in proučuje vpletenost interesov udeležencev. Ključna vprašanja so: (1) Kakšno strategijo je sprejela Koreja? (2) Kateri družbeni in politični dejavniki so vplivali na oblikovanje strategije? (3) Kako so različni interesi uveljavili ideologije, s katerimi akterji oblikujejo strategije na temelju svojih interesov? Kljub dinamičnim interakcijam se omrežje akterjev konvergence še ni stabiliziralo, saj je politika konvergence kompleksna in polna protislovij.