The North Korean System in the Post-Cold War Era
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 13, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780312239749
Subjects: Political ideologies; Political structure & processes; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Korea; North Korea; Asia - Korea; History & Theory - General; Post-Communism; Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems; Government - Comparative; Political; Communism; Economic policy; Korea (North); Politics and government; Social policy
First sentence: In the post-Cold War era, North Korea-officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)-has been seen by many as a country with fatal contradictions on the verge of explosion or implosion.