Understanding North Korea
Subtitle: indigenous perspectives
By: edited by Han Jong-Woo and Jung Tae-hern
Contributors: Chŏng, T'ae-hŏn, 1958-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780739179208; 9781498521093
Subjects: Economic policy; Politics and government; Social policy; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Historical evolution of North Korea's monolithic political system and its main characteristics; title: The historical origins and formation of the monolithic political system in North Korea / Kee Kwang-seo (Chosun University); title: The stability of the monolithic system under Kim Jong-un : an analysis / Kim Keun-sik (Kyungnam University) and Lee Gee-dong (Institute for National Security Strategy); title: The power elite of North Korea's monolithic system / Lee Ju-cheol (Korea Broadcasting System); title: Change in North Korean society from the view of economic policy and social transformation; title: Potential for economic reform in North Korea / Kim Yeon-chul (Inje University); title: North Korean economy in transition : market feudalism / Han Jong-woo (Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University); title: The process of social change in North korea / Lee Woo-young (University of North Korean Studies); title: North Korea's foreign policy, perception of the United States, and its relations with the United States and China (G2); title: Surviving in the face of hegemony : North Korea's post-cold war American policy / Suh Bo-hyuk (Seoul National University); title: The formation and development of North Korea's understanding of the United States / Kim Kwang-un (National Institute of Korean History); title: The transformation of China-North korea relations and its implications / Lee Jong-seok (Sejong Institute); title: Twenty years of the North Korean nuclearization problem : the North Korean perspective / Lim Soo-ho (Samsung Economic Research Institute); title: The inter-Korean relationship, United STates and North East Asia; title: Change in North Korea's policy toward South Korea and its implications / Chin Hee-gwan (Inje University); title: Understanding conflict on the Korean peninsula : a focus on the Yellow Sea incident / Suh Choo-suk (Korea Institute for Defense Analyses); title: Economic cooperation between the two Koreas : present and future / Kim Yeon-chul (Inje University); title: The irony of American policy toward North Korea : regime denial / Han Jong-woo (Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University); title: Conclusion.