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  • Democracy Building in the Asian Miracle: Political and Economic Development in South Korea and Taiwan

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    This paper examines the extent to which democratization in South Korea and Taiwan was influenced by economic development and vice versa, focusing on the 1960s to 1990s, when the so-called “Asian Miracle” was taking place. It compares the two countries’ respective economic and political journeys from developing to developed nations, and posits that the authoritarian regimes that were in place during the beginning of the Asian Miracle facilitated rapid economic growth, yet the urbanization and education of labor forces eventually led to the downfall of said authoritarian regimes. This paper also looks at conditions common to the two countries, such as United States military and economic aid, Confucian values, former Japanese colonization and devastating wars that forced economies to begin almost from scratch, and how these shaped South Korea and Taiwan’s political and economic development. It then lays out areas for further improvement in both countries’ democratization processes.
    Subject:
    Asian Studies
    Creator:
    Severino, Mia Rhodora
    Owner:
    lsquillante@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    10/20/2020
    Date Modified:
    10/20/2020
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Takayama Ukon: Samurai of Christ and Champion of Japanese Catholicism

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    When one thinks of Christianity, Japan is often not the first country to come to mind. Missionaries of all denominations of Christianity have found evangelizing Japan to be a difficult process since the days of St. Francis Xavier, the first missionary to Japan. This has led some to deem Japan a total missionary failure, and to conclude that the Christian religion and Japanese culture are antithetical to one another. But is such a sweeping statement really a universal truth? When Pope Francis beatified a previously underappreciated Catholic samurai named Takayama Ukon, the myth that Christianity and Japanese identity are mutually exclusive was shattered, since an objective analysis of his life reveals that Ukon lived as an excellent Catholic as well as a celebrated example of a true samurai. By delving into Ukon’s life as well as the methods employed by the early Jesuit missionaries and the similarities between European chivalry and Japanese bushidō, it becomes clear that Catholicism, and Christanity in general, does not have to be alien to Japanese culture and society, and in fact, the two can be synthesized in an extraordinarily beautiful way.
    Subject:
    Asian Studies
    Creator:
    Simon, David Laurence
    Contributor:
    Dr. Mark DeStephano, Thesis Advisor
    Owner:
    lsquillante@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    06/09/2020
    Date Modified:
    06/09/2020
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper