Bipolar orders
Subtitle: the two Koreas since 1989
By: Hyung Gu Lynn.
Series: Global history of the present
Publisher: Fernwood Pub.; Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Halifax; London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781842777435; 9781842777428
Subjects: Korea -- History -- 1945-; Korea (South) -- Relations -- Korea (North); Korea (North) -- Relations -- Korea (South)
Description: In this book, the author examines both North Korea and South Korea since the 1980's. While North Korea has experienced severe economic deterioration and increasing international isolation, South Korea has undergone democratization and witnessed the emergence of a vibrant consumer culture. Paradoxically, this growing gap in ideologies and material standards has led to improved relations between the two countries. Why has this counterintuitive development occurred? Is North Korea really a threat, and if so, to whom? This book provides a substantive, accessible, and timely examination of the complex and compelling histories of the two Koreas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pandora's box? South Korea's democratization and consolidation; title: Altered states: economic and social change in South Korea; title: Holy trinity: North Korean politics after 1989; title: Economic tetralogies: socioeconomic conditions in North Korea; title: Decussation effects? North-South relations since 1989; title: Conclusion: two Koreas in the present.