Sunil Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of International Studies at Kyung Hee University, South Korea. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and his research interests are the social policies, democracy and political economy of Japan and Korea. J. Nathaniel Porteux is an Associate Professor at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan and specializes in public policy, political economy and comparative politics.

• 1. Introducing the South Korean economy2. Explaining the South Korean “miracle”3. The transformation of state-business relations4. Making the economy: the state-labour nexus and the Korean miracle5. Measuring the Korean economy6. The Korean economy: the human factor7. Consequences of economic development8. Conclusion

Sunil Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of International Studies at Kyung Hee University, South Korea. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and his research interests are the social policies, democracy and political economy of Japan and Korea. J. Nathaniel Porteux is an Associate Professor at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan and specializes in public policy, political economy and comparative politics.

• 1. Introducing the South Korean economy2. Explaining the South Korean “miracle”3. The transformation of state-business relations4. Making the economy: the state-labour nexus and the Korean miracle5. Measuring the Korean economy6. The Korean economy: the human factor7. Consequences of economic development8. Conclusion

Sunil Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of International Studies at Kyung Hee University, South Korea. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and his research interests are the social policies, democracy and political economy of Japan and Korea. J. Nathaniel Porteux is an Associate Professor at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan and specializes in public policy, political economy and comparative politics.

• 1. Introducing the South Korean economy2. Explaining the South Korean “miracle”3. The transformation of state-business relations4. Making the economy: the state-labour nexus and the Korean miracle5. Measuring the Korean economy6. The Korean economy: the human factor7. Consequences of economic development8. Conclusion