Bellettati, Ilaria (A.A. 2024/2025) How urban redevelopment in Seoul has been shaped by political leadership and affected its residents: from state-led modernization to heritage-oriented regeneration. Tesi di Laurea in Asian culture and politics, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Youngah Guahk, pp. 67. [Bachelor's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

From authoritarian modernization to urban regeneration: a historical overview of Seoul’s urban development. Postwar reconstruction and early urban modernization. Developmental urbanism and spatial control in the 1970s. The 1980s–1990s: from state-led developmental planning to market urbanism. The early 2000s. The new town project and the intensification of displacement. Decentralization, party ideology and urban governance in Seoul. Authoritarian urban governance and the making of the developmental city. The democratic transition and the 1995 shift to local autonomy. Ideological divergence: the conservative vs. Liberal urban paradigms. Governance and actors in the redevelopment arena. Vertical conflicts: the intergovernmental battle for the skyline. Case studies. Introduction and central problem. Research design and analytical approach. Bukchon hanok village: institutional negotiation and the "museumification" of home. Ihwa mural village: aesthetic violence and resistance through erasure. Gwangjang market: functional gentrification and the negotiation of "k-authenticity".

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Bibliografia: pp. 57-67.

Thesis Type:	Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Bachelor's Degree Programs > Bachelor's Degree Program in Political Science (L36)
Chair:	Asian culture and politics
Thesis Supervisor:	Guahk, Youngah
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Extraordinary
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2026 09:17
Last Modified:	01 Sep 2026 09:17
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46622

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