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M.A. (Economics) / The purpose of this study was to determine whether the developmental experience pertaining to urbanization in Malaysia and South Korea is applicable to South Africa. Urbanization, urbanization policy and the consequences of urbanization in South Africa are investigated. Urbanization in Malaysia and South Korea, with specific reference to Seoul, is investigated after which the developmental experience in relation to urbanization of these countries is applied to South Africa. Research was also done to determine to what extent urbanization is addressed by the Reconstruction and Development Prograrrune and the White Paper on Reconstruction and Development. From the study, the conclusion can be drawn that from the developmental experience regarding urbanization in Malaysia and South Korea, definite lessons can be learned and solutions found on how to accommodate urbanization in South Africa. The developmental experience regarding urbanization in Malaysia and South Korea has shown that the unequal structuring of the community and economy of Malaysia had given rise to conflict and competition between racial groups which had been counteracted by urbanization. Urbanization in Malaysia was accompanied by industrialization and the upliftment of the rural areas couldn't retard urbanization. Urbanization occurred with continuous economical growth and the New Economic Policy of Malaysia played an important role in the restructuring of the community and the economy of the country. The government played a constructive role in urbanization in Malaysia and followed a non-spatial goal in its strategy for urbanization and industrial settlement. Land ownership complicated urbanization in Malaysia. An enabling process was followed to make ethnic Malaysians part of the urban economy. This led to a negative feeling towards the New Economic Policy amongst the non-Malaysians. Urbanization was very successfully managed in South Korea, with a land redistribution process that accommodated urbanization and established participatory urban service systems. The applicability of the developmental experience regarding urbanization in Malaysia and South Korea on South Africa is vested in the fact that South Africa also has an unequally structured community and economy that has to be restructured and transformed by means of urbanization. The industrial settlement policy of South Africa will have to be adapted to accommodate urbanization. Ethnic polarization must be prevented in the development of the rural areas.

This study is an analysis of the development of junior colleges in South Korea from 1963 to 1991 based on a survey of junior college presidents. It also identifies current problems facing junior colleges and future plans of junior college presidents. Chapter I states the problems and the purposes of the study. A brief background, the significance of the study, and methodology are also contained in this chapter. Chapter II contains a review of the literature. Sources related to the background of this study are somewhat limited. However, several studies are reviewed in this chapter. Chapter III describes the evolution of higher education, including modern education, Japanese colonial education, education after the liberation from Japan, effects of the Korean War, higher education reform under the military revolutionary government, 2-year colleges, 5-year higher vocational schools, professional schools and junior colleges. Chapter IV explores political, economic, and social factors influencing the establishment of the junior colleges, as well as societal obstacles to the development of junior colleges. Chapter V explores the problems facing junior colleges. Current academic facilities, including laboratories, gymnasiums, classrooms, computers, library materials, and teaching machines, are evaluated in this chapter. Chapter VI describes the junior college presidents' efforts to solve the problems. The future plans of junior college presidents are explored in this chapter. Chapter VII contains the summary, presentation of findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Recommendations for the future development of junior college education are also included.

As the oldest recording industry in the world, the United States has set industry standards regarding record labels, publishing, live entertainment and music services. Since the beginning of the 20th century, American music has become a staple in worldwide pop culture, spreading to all four corners of the world. Indeed, the U.S. music industry has held the number one position in the ranking of the world’s top 10 largest music markets since its first record label, Columbia Records, was founded in 1887. However, a relatively new genre of music is rapidly taking over the world’s pop music scene: South Korean pop music, otherwise known as K-pop. This thesis analyzes the similarities and differences between the two diverse music industries – with an emphasis on pop music – by first delving into the copyright and recording aspects of the business, followed by identifying key differences in each industry’s standards and aesthetics, and finally examining media consumption and marketing implications in the two countries. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

by Chan Kee-Ham Ivan, Chan Kwong-Fat George. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 101-102.

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Although some research has focused on feminist practice in general, the external and internal dynamics of feminist practice still remains theoretically and empirically under-researched. This study addresses this void in feminist research and places a special focus on the relationship of feminist organisations with the state and within the broader context of the women's movement. This thesis explores the constitution and maintenance of feminist practices in one specific context in South Korea and Australia. Drawing on empirical and historical data derived from the case studies, two questions are explored in this study: What constitutes feminist practices in a feminist organisation? How can feminist practices be sustained?. Two feminist-run Sexual Assault Centres (SACs), one in Korea, one in Australia are studied and analysed, involving 32, in-depth interviews with activists of the two centres, non-participant and participant observation, and document analysis. First, this thesis provides a detailed account of feminist practice and organisational dynamics among feminist organisations, the feminist movement and the state. This thesis confirms that the practices of feminist organisations are seen as dynamic processes constituted by the context in which they are situated, the role of feminist activists and the nature and strength of the broader women's movement. This study, in particular, demonstrates that the relationship of the organisation with the state is a strong determinant in constructing feminist practices. Second, this thesis examines organisational practices at different phases such as the establishment, development and crisis phases. As both centres were experiencing crises, the study illuminates that the crisis in each centre has provided an opportunity for re-examination and reflection on their practices in shifting internal and external contexts. This study also suggests that continuous reflexive attention is necessary to maintain feminist practices. Moreover, the study demonstrates that the role of the activists in constructing and maintaining feminist practices is critical, in particular, in small organisations such as the ASAC and KSAC. This research, the first major study on feminist practices in Korea and Australia, makes a significant contribution to the study of feminist organisations, the state and, in general, feminist theory.

Since the rise of neoliberalism in late twentieth century, higher education around the globe has been undergoing substantial transformations. The literature of academic entrepreneurialism developed in breadth and profound proliferation. Yet, how the pattern and logic of academic entrepreneurialism manifests itself in the scholarship of application has not been sufficiently studied with a large international data set. Using the cases of Hong Kong and South Korea, this thesis examines the relationship between academics’ engagement in scholarship of application, namely (1) practically oriented teaching, (2) applied research and (3) service outside academy, and their academic and demographic backgrounds. Underneath the rationale of this thesis is that about a quarter of the professoriate in both Hong Kong and South Korea received doctoral education in the United States. This research draws data from the database of “A Changing Academic Profession: The Second International Survey of the Academic Profession”. Over the two-year survey period from 2007 to 2008, a total of 6291 scholars across different institutions, departments and academic ranks in Hong Kong were included in the sampling process – and 811 questionnaires were returned. As for South Korea, 13953 academic staff were randomly sampled (with afterward cross-checking the sample representativeness by academic disciplines, institutional types, academic ranks and gender) and a total of 900 academics were surveyed. Robust inferential statistics are conducted between the various measures of applied scholarship and the potential determinants, such as the academics’ origin of doctoral education, current citizenship, disciplinary affiliation, and institutional affiliation. Results of this thesis show that: (1) American doctorate holders engage significantly less than non-American doctorate holders in practically oriented teaching and applied research in Hong Kong, but not in South Korea. Doctoral education does not appear to be a determinant of engagement in service outside academy in both Hong Kong and South Korea (2) Hong Kong citizen scholars engage significantly more than non-Hong Kong citizen scholars in applied research and service outside academy. In South Korea, citizenship is not associated with engagement in the three key aspects of applied scholarship (3) In Hong Kong, disciplinary affiliation is not a factor that predicts engagement in applied scholarship. But in South Korea, academics from hard disciplines are more engaged than academics from soft disciplines in practically oriented teaching and applied research, although there is no association between service outside academy and disciplinary affiliation (4) In Hong Kong and South Korea, academics from research-intensive institutions engage significantly less than their colleagues from non-research-intensive institutions in practically oriented teaching. Institutional affiliation is a significant factor that affects involvement in applied research in Hong Kong but not in South Korea. Service outside academy is related to institutional affiliation in South Korea, but not in Hong Kong Based on these data analyses, this thesis implies that internationalism and knowledge entrepreneurialism are the two parallel but possibly conflicting directions of university development. The two trends may induce tensions between local concerns and global vision among academic communities - and may also stratify the academic profession. / published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy