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North Korea : markets and military rule /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Hazel, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Korea (North) > Politics and government.
Korea (North) > Economic conditions.
Korea (North) > Social conditions.
Kim, Il-sŏng, > 1912-1994.
Kim, Chŏng-il, > 1942-2011.
Kim, Chŏng-ŭn, > 1984-
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Jettisoning caricatures: understanding history
  • Beyond the cliches
  • National identity
  • Part II. The rise and fall of Kim Il Sungism
  • Colonialism occupation and the rise of Kim Il Sung
  • War-fighting as state-building
  • "Socialism in our own style"
  • Sisyphus as economic model
  • Social stratification in the workers' state
  • Famine and the end of Kim Il Sungism
  • Part III. Marketisation and military rule
  • Marketisation from below
  • Military rule from above
  • The marketisation of well-being
  • The marketisation of the social structure
  • Going nuclear
  • Strategic paralysis
  • North Koreans as agents of change.