Examines the rise of neoliberal social welfare policy in South Korea during the period of the Asian Debt Crisis, the ultimate consequences of which include the reinforcing of traditional gender roles.
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xxiii
Introduction: The Emergence of the Neoliberal Welfare State in South Korea 1
1. The Seoul Train Station Square and the House of Freedom 25
2. "Family Breakdown" and Invisible Homeless Women 49
3. Assumptions and Images of Homeless Women's Needs 73
4. Youth as Neoliberal Subjects of Welfare and Labor 95
5. The Dilemma of Progressive Intellectuals 117
Coda: The Pursuit of Well-Being 135
Notes 141
Glossary 163
Bibliography 169