Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: civil society in contemporary Korea 1 -- CHARLES K. ARMSTRONG -- 1 Civil society in West and East 11 -- BRUCE CUMINGS -- 2 The problematic modernity of Confucianism: the question of "civil society" in Chos6n dynasty Korea 36 -- JOHN DUNCAN -- 3 The genealogy of Confucian Moralpolitik and its implications for modern civil society 57 -- SANGJUN KIM -- 4 Civil society and democratization 92 -- SUNHYUK KIM -- 5 Engendering civil society: the role of the labor movement 109 -- HAGEN KOO -- 6 The South Korean student movement: Undongkwon as a 132 -- counterpublic sphere -- NAMHEE LEE -- 7 Commemorating Kwangju: the 5.18 movement and civil society at the millennium 165 -- LINDA S. LEWIS -- 8 Protestant Christianity and the state: religious organizations as civil society 187 -- DONALD N. CLARK.