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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... Effects? North–South Relations since 1989 | 154 6 Conclusion: Two Koreas in the Present | 172 Notes | 177 Suggestions for Further Reading | 195 Index | 200 Acknowledgments I am very grateful to Nick Guyatt, the editor Table of Contents.
... Effects? North–South Relations since 1989 | 154 6 Conclusion: Two Koreas in the Present | 172 Notes | 177 Suggestions for Further Reading | 195 Index | 200 Acknowledgments I am very grateful to Nick Guyatt, the editor Table of Contents.
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... effects of the “1997 IMF Crisis” occupy academic attention; for North Korea, the dynastic succession of 1994 and the nuclear test of 2006 tend to attract as much analysis as the economic impact of the post-1989 changes in North Korea's ...
... effects of the “1997 IMF Crisis” occupy academic attention; for North Korea, the dynastic succession of 1994 and the nuclear test of 2006 tend to attract as much analysis as the economic impact of the post-1989 changes in North Korea's ...
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... 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 been accompanied in South Korea by ...
... 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 been accompanied in South Korea by ...
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... effect explains the triggering of a reaction in, say, the right foot when a nerve on the left hand is stimulated. As ... effect.” This book will examine whether this “decussation effect” is an optical illusion, a 8 | Bipolar Orders.
... effect explains the triggering of a reaction in, say, the right foot when a nerve on the left hand is stimulated. As ... effect.” This book will examine whether this “decussation effect” is an optical illusion, a 8 | Bipolar Orders.
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The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn. examine whether this “decussation effect” is an optical illusion, a temporary aberration, or an indication of incremental progress toward reunification. Bipolar order Fifth, the contemporary ...
The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn. examine whether this “decussation effect” is an optical illusion, a temporary aberration, or an indication of incremental progress toward reunification. Bipolar order Fifth, the contemporary ...
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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