Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization

Amsden provides a thorough description of the state-capital-chaebol nexus that characterized South Korea's remarkable developmental path. You cannot understand the rapidity of S. Korea's growth from a war-torn third world country to a developed political economy without Amsden's account. While the ROK transitions from a developmental state to a neoliberal one, the lineages of its past (which Amsden lays out) remain.

A book for a college class. Well written and in good shape.