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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... factors behind socio-political 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 ...
... factors behind socio-political 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 ...
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... factors converged to create a division at the 38th parallel that mirrored the political divisions that rived Korea ... factor was the dynamics of the latent Cold War, which fostered planning by both the US and the Soviet Union that to ...
... factors converged to create a division at the 38th parallel that mirrored the political divisions that rived Korea ... factor was the dynamics of the latent Cold War, which fostered planning by both the US and the Soviet Union that to ...
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... factors explain how democratic transformation in South Korea, which widened the political gap with North Korea, occurred? How did democratic consolidation occur? What new developments emerged in South Korean politics during the process ...
... factors explain how democratic transformation in South Korea, which widened the political gap with North Korea, occurred? How did democratic consolidation occur? What new developments emerged in South Korean politics during the process ...
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... factors, ultimately resulting in the transformation into a democracy. Thus, a combination of four major factors was required to make democratization possible in 1987: the cumulative effect of decades of protest met by repression; the ...
... factors, ultimately resulting in the transformation into a democracy. Thus, a combination of four major factors was required to make democratization possible in 1987: the cumulative effect of decades of protest met by repression; the ...
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... factors – most notably the 1969 Nixon Doctrine (which, in light of the Vietnam War, reaffirmed US treaty commitments but at the same time urged allies to assume primary responsibility for fighting their own battles rather than relying ...
... factors – most notably the 1969 Nixon Doctrine (which, in light of the Vietnam War, reaffirmed US treaty commitments but at the same time urged allies to assume primary responsibility for fighting their own battles rather than relying ...
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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