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abstract: 'This article examines the self-employed population as a precarious and
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insecure social class in Korea since the economic crisis in the late
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1990s. Most self-employed workers experience economic hardship
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characterized by low incomes and high turnover rates despite long work
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hours and family help. These precarious conditions are often explained
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as the result of neoliberal economic restructuring that laid off
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salaried employees on a massive scale, pushed displaced workers into
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self-employment, and heightened intense competition among the
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self-employed. While this economic perspective explains intense
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competition and low incomes of the self-employed, I argue that
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particular state policies also accelerated the ``unmaking{''''} of the
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self-employed by not providing any effective protection. By looking at
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the experiences of understudied self-employed workers in Korea, this
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article engages in a critical understanding of globalization, labor, and
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social inequality.'
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affiliation: 'Yang, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Hawaii Manoa, Polit Sci, Honolulu,
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HI 96822 USA.
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Yang, Myungji, Univ Hawaii Manoa, Polit Sci, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA.'
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author: Yang, Myungji
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author-email: Myang4@hawaii.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Yang
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given: Myungji
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da: '2023-09-28'
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files: []
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issn: 0023-3919
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journal: KOREA OBSERVER
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keywords: self-employment; globalization; the state; precarity
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keywords-plus: LABOR; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; BOURGEOISIE; PATTERNS; RISE
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language: English
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month: SUM
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '50'
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pages: 217-247
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papis_id: d06588727486374d5541e7b5d279b9dd
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ref: Yang2017livingmargin
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Living on the Margin: Downward Mobility and the Plight of the Self-Employed
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in Neoliberal South Korea'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000404420800002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '7'
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volume: '48'
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web-of-science-categories: Area Studies; International Relations
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year: '2017'
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