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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... 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 analysis of the intertwined fates of North and South Korea that ...
... 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 analysis of the intertwined fates of North and South Korea that ...
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... improvement of relations between South and North. It examines the impact of popular representations in both countries, the decline of anti-communist education in the South, and the significance of the generational gap in the South on ...
... improvement of relations between South and North. It examines the impact of popular representations in both countries, the decline of anti-communist education in the South, and the significance of the generational gap in the South on ...
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... of the public's disgust with widespread and constant corruption, but also a set of socio-economic changes. Improvements in the level of literacy, and increases in the number South Korea's Democratization and Consolidation | 27.
... of the public's disgust with widespread and constant corruption, but also a set of socio-economic changes. Improvements in the level of literacy, and increases in the number South Korea's Democratization and Consolidation | 27.
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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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