Hazel Smith

North Korea

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a historically founded, empirical study of social and economic transformation wrought by 'marketisation from below' in North Korea.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9780521723442
• ISBN-10: 0521723442
• Artikelnr.: 41749365

Autorenporträt

Hazel Smith is Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: North Korea: politics, economy and society
Part I. Jettisoning Caricatures: Understanding History: 1. Beyond the clichés
2. National identity
Part II. The Rise and Fall of Kim Il Sungism: 3. Colonial occupation and the rise of Kim Il Sung
4. War-fighting as state-building
5. 'Socialism in our own style'
6. Sisyphus as economic model
7. Social stratification in the workers' state
8. Famine and the end of Kim Il Sungism
Part III. Marketisation and Military Rule: 9. Marketisation from below
10. Military rule from above
11. The marketisation of well-being
12. The marketisation of the social structure
13. Going nuclear
14. Strategic paralysis
15. North Koreans as agents of change
Bibliography
Index.