Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989North Korea and South Korea are never far from the news headlines - one for the alleged danger it poses to the world, the other for its apparent capitalist success story. In Bipolar Orders, Hyung Gu Lynn analyzes the processes driving both countries since the 1980s. North Korea has experienced severe economic deterioration and increasing international isolation, while 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, for whom? This book provides a substantive, accessible, and timely examination of the complex and compelling histories of the two Koreas. |
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... Change in South Korea | 56 3 Holy Trinity: North Korean Politics after 1989 | 91 4 Economic Tetralogies: Socioeconomic Conditions in North Korea | 124 5 Decussation Effects? North–South Relations since 1989 | 154 6 Conclusion: Two ...
... Change in South Korea | 56 3 Holy Trinity: North Korean Politics after 1989 | 91 4 Economic Tetralogies: Socioeconomic Conditions in North Korea | 124 5 Decussation Effects? North–South Relations since 1989 | 154 6 Conclusion: Two ...
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... changes in North Korea's relations with Russia and China. 1989 matters, but it is hardly the watershed we might have expected on this alleged front line of the Cold War. Accelerated change The second reason why the contemporary history ...
... changes in North Korea's relations with Russia and China. 1989 matters, but it is hardly the watershed we might have expected on this alleged front line of the Cold War. Accelerated change The second reason why the contemporary history ...
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... changes to a single cause. Nevertheless, the South Korean case is particularly salient in that the gaps and the changes have been greatly augmented by the speed and intensity of historical change. As China, Russia, and other ...
... changes to a single cause. Nevertheless, the South Korean case is particularly salient in that the gaps and the changes have been greatly augmented by the speed and intensity of historical change. As China, Russia, and other ...
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... change in trajectory. Decussation effects Fourth, what makes the contemporary history of the Korean peninsula even more compelling is that rather than the above polarizations bringing South Koreans closer to the US, these changes have ...
... change in trajectory. Decussation effects Fourth, what makes the contemporary history of the Korean peninsula even more compelling is that rather than the above polarizations bringing South Koreans closer to the US, these changes have ...
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... changes on the Korean peninsula, the polarization of the Koreas and the South's convergence with the US are resulting in more criticisms of the US and more pro-North Korean sentiments in South Korea, what I call a “decussation effect ...
... changes on the Korean peninsula, the polarization of the Koreas and the South's convergence with the US are resulting in more criticisms of the US and more pro-North Korean sentiments in South Korea, what I call a “decussation effect ...
Contents
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2 Altered States | 56 |
3 Holy Trinity | 91 |
4 Economic Tetralogies | 124 |
5 Decussation Effects? | 154 |
6 Conclusion | 172 |
Notes | 177 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 195 |
Index | 200 |
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