Yu-Min Joo is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Offering an alternative to the focus on economic policies when it comes to explaining South Korea's development successes, Joo looks at the urbanization that took place under the guidance of the strong developmental state.

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Chapter 1: Introduction: urbanization, development, and globalization
Chapter 2: The developmental state's export-oriented industrialization and selective urbanization
Chapter 3: Developmental and speculative urbanization led by the state in Seoul
Chapter 4: The democratized state's new town developments and Seoul's growth into a metropolitan area
Chapter 5: Globalization and the making of "global cities"
Chaper 6: The rise of new global Seoul and city exports in an urbanizing globe
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Megacity Seoul and the property state

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