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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... at universities in Canada, the USA, South Korea, and Japan. His current research projects range from economic history to contemporary popular culture, plastic surgery to epistemology. Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn.
... at universities in Canada, the USA, South Korea, and Japan. His current research projects range from economic history to contemporary popular culture, plastic surgery to epistemology. Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn.
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... Economic and Social 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 ...
... Economic and Social 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 ...
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... Economic Cooperation Consolidated Appeals Program (United Nations) Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice Citizens United for Better Society Democratic Confederal Republic of Korea Democratic Liberal Party Demilitarized Zone ...
... Economic Cooperation Consolidated Appeals Program (United Nations) Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice Citizens United for Better Society Democratic Confederal Republic of Korea Democratic Liberal Party Demilitarized Zone ...
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... Economic Cooperation and Development OOP Our Open Party / Uri Party PDS Public Distribution System (North Korea) ROK Republic of Korea (South Korea) SOFA Status of Forces Agreement SOFE System of Optimally Functioning Socialist Economy ...
... Economic Cooperation and Development OOP Our Open Party / Uri Party PDS Public Distribution System (North Korea) ROK Republic of Korea (South Korea) SOFA Status of Forces Agreement SOFE System of Optimally Functioning Socialist Economy ...
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... economic situations, and the ostensibly ossified lines of engagement, the standard narrative of post-1989 millennial capitalism inexorably sweeping away the crumbling remnants of the old communist order does not seem to apply. If we ...
... economic situations, and the ostensibly ossified lines of engagement, the standard narrative of post-1989 millennial capitalism inexorably sweeping away the crumbling remnants of the old communist order does not seem to apply. If we ...
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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