Shrimp that Became a Tiger

Bernhard J. Seliger is the resident representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Korea. In 2007, he habilitated at the University of Witten/Herdecke. From 2004 to 2006 he was guest professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration of Seoul National University and at the Graduate School of International Area Studies of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. From 1998 to 2002 he was Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of International Area Studies of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He received his doctorate in 1998 at the University of Kiel.

• Contents: The institutional challenge to transition theory – Toward a more general theory of transformation – The Korean Financial and economic crisis – Central Bank independence in Korea – FDI and cognitive models – External institutions and the international integration of Korea – From Ethnocentrism and Cultural Nationalism to Globalization and Hallyu (Korean Wave).