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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... despite several fluctuations in fortune, was ranked tenth in the world as of 2005 in terms of annual gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given year.4 The financial ...
... despite several fluctuations in fortune, was ranked tenth in the world as of 2005 in terms of annual gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given year.4 The financial ...
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... despite polarization and the convergence of South Korea with the US is reminiscent of the “X-pattern” or crossover pattern of nerves in the human body, what is called “decussation.” This crossover effect explains the triggering of a ...
... despite polarization and the convergence of South Korea with the US is reminiscent of the “X-pattern” or crossover pattern of nerves in the human body, what is called “decussation.” This crossover effect explains the triggering of a ...
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... despite notions of common ancestry or racial identity.14 The very process of polarization, of developments propelling the two countries in opposite directions, is helping to maintain the current formula of 1 race (2 ethnicities) = 2 ...
... despite notions of common ancestry or racial identity.14 The very process of polarization, of developments propelling the two countries in opposite directions, is helping to maintain the current formula of 1 race (2 ethnicities) = 2 ...
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... despite the cumulative scholarship on the histories of South and North Korea, the regularity with which North Korea appears in international news headlines, and the extent to which South Korean products infuse everyday life in the West ...
... despite the cumulative scholarship on the histories of South and North Korea, the regularity with which North Korea appears in international news headlines, and the extent to which South Korean products infuse everyday life in the West ...
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... Despite suffering defeat at the hands of the Mongols in the 1200s, the dynasty maintained control of much of the peninsula as a tributary state. As a result of a successful coup led by a Koryo ̆ general, the Choso ̆n dynasty was ...
... Despite suffering defeat at the hands of the Mongols in the 1200s, the dynasty maintained control of much of the peninsula as a tributary state. As a result of a successful coup led by a Koryo ̆ general, the Choso ̆n dynasty was ...
Contents
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23 | |
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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