Engineers for Korea

Kyonghee Han, Gary Lee Downey

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9783031010002
• eBook ISBN: 9783031021282
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: International Business
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This book follows the fraught attempts of engineers to identify with Korea as a whole. It is for engineers, both Korean and non-Korean, who seek to become better critical analysts of their own expertise, identities, and commitments. It is for non-engineers who encounter or are affected by Korean engineers and engineering, and want to understand and engage them. It is for researchers who serve as critical participants in the making of engineers and puzzle over the contents and effects of techno-national formation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright Page
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Figures
• Tables
• What Are Korean Engineers For?
• Five Koreas Without Korean Engineers: 1876–1960
• Technical Workers for Light Industry: 1961–1970
• Engineers for Heavy and Chemical Industries: 1970–1979
• Loss of Privilege and Visibility: 1980–1998
• Engineers for a Post-Catch-Up Korea?
• Engineers and Korea
• Index
• Author Biographies
• Table 1.1: Classifications of technical workers by the Economic Planning Board. Source: Ministry of Science and Technology, Gwahakgisul Yeongam (Science and Technology Annals)
• Table 1.2: Classifications of technical workers by the Ministry of Science and Technology and 1973 Qualification Act. Source: Ministry of Science and Technology, Gwahakgisul Yeongam (Science and Technology Annals)
• Table 1.3: Classifications of research workers by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Source: Ministry of Science and Technology, Gwahakgisul Yeongam (Science and Technology Annals)
• Table 1.4: Gender composition of engineering graduates, 1980–2005. Source: Ministry of Science and Technology, Gyoyuk Tonggye Yeonbo (Statistical Yearbook of Education)
• Table 1.5: Numbers of researchers in five countries28
• Table 3.1: Fields of study for Rhee and Park administrators. Source: Han Seung-jo 1975:77
• Table 5.1: Number of employees by industry, 1965–1995
• Table 5.2: Suicide rates in Korea during the 1990s. Source: www.kostat.go.kr (Statistics Korea)