기사
Breadth and Depth of Unity among Chaebol Families in Korea /
- 개인저자
- Han, Shin-Kap
- 수록페이지
- 1-25 p.
- 발행일자
- 2008.08.09
- 출판사
- 한국사회학회
초록
[영문]Despite grave concerns about the uneasy relationship between democracy and marketeconomy in Korea, the question of how chaebol organize themselves has yet to be properlyaddressed. With network-analytic tools and data, we reconsider the prevailing notion ofunified business elites. Specifically, we examine one of its social bases, the intermarriagenetwork, and assess its structural properties. The evidence is mixed. In its shape, the networkappears to be a mile wide and an inch deep: The cohesion is more extensive than intensive, andas a result, lacks the depth to robustly sustain its unity. We find, however, a local featuresuggestive of nascent structuring.