{"product_id":"privilege-and-anxiety-hagen-koo-9781501764943","title":"Privilege and Anxiety: The Korean Middle Class in the Global Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrivilege and Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Hagen Koo examines what has happened to the Korean middle class in the era of neoliberal globalization and demonstrates that global economic change brought more profound changes than mere economic decline and shrinking size to this class.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobalization has inserted an axis of polarization into the middle class, separating a small minority that benefits from the globalized economy from the large majority that suffers from it. This internal differentiation generates a challenging dynamic within Korean society, as the newly affluent seek to distinguish themselves from the rest of the middle class to establish a new, privileged class position. \u003ci\u003ePrivilege and Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e explores how these tensions play out in three areas: consumption and lifestyle, residential differentiation, and education. In all three areas, the dominant orientation of the affluent middle class is to preserve their newfound privilege and to pass it onto their children. Their new class practices, Koo argues, bring great anxiety to both the winners and losers of neoliberal globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hagen Koo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501764942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501764943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Hagen Koo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073718677759,"sku":"9781501764943","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4015d739-4b62-44fe-ab40-0b98ec05f8b3.jpg?v=1685449493","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/privilege-and-anxiety-hagen-koo-9781501764943","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}