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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... matter to contemporary history is the extreme polarization that becomes evident when the recent shifts in the two Koreas are juxtaposed. Long-term domestic processes have been just as important as global trends in Introduction | 5.
... matter to contemporary history is the extreme polarization that becomes evident when the recent shifts in the two Koreas are juxtaposed. Long-term domestic processes have been just as important as global trends in Introduction | 5.
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... domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given year.4 The financial crisis of 1997 marked the beginning of the so-called IMF Period, but the last payment of South Korea's loan to ...
... domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given year.4 The financial crisis of 1997 marked the beginning of the so-called IMF Period, but the last payment of South Korea's loan to ...
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... domestic and foreign critics? Why has there been a counterintuitive improvement in relations between North and South? What roles, if any, do foreign powers such as the US and Japan have in inter-Korean relations? This book is a thematic ...
... domestic and foreign critics? Why has there been a counterintuitive improvement in relations between North and South? What roles, if any, do foreign powers such as the US and Japan have in inter-Korean relations? This book is a thematic ...
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... domestic attempts to unify the political spectrum, which provided additional momentum to the long-term division. In November 1943, the US, Britain, and China noted in the Cairo Declaration that Korea should become independent in “due ...
... domestic attempts to unify the political spectrum, which provided additional momentum to the long-term division. In November 1943, the US, Britain, and China noted in the Cairo Declaration that Korea should become independent in “due ...
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... domestic political conditions. From August to September 1945, a Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence laid the groundwork for a national government for an independent Korea. The organizational network of what were called ...
... domestic political conditions. From August to September 1945, a Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence laid the groundwork for a national government for an independent Korea. The organizational network of what were called ...
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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