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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... Organization foreign direct investment Federation of Korean Trade Unions Free Trade Agreement gross national income Grand National Party gross national product Heavy and Chemical Industries initiative highly enriched uranium ...
... Organization foreign direct investment Federation of Korean Trade Unions Free Trade Agreement gross national income Grand National Party gross national product Heavy and Chemical Industries initiative highly enriched uranium ...
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... organization NPO non-profit organization NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OOP Our Open Party / Uri Party PDS Public Distribution System (North Korea) ROK Republic of Korea (South ...
... organization NPO non-profit organization NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OOP Our Open Party / Uri Party PDS Public Distribution System (North Korea) ROK Republic of Korea (South ...
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... Organization is established; the UN sends the first shipment of food aid to North Korea Hosting of 2002 soccer World Cup tournament awarded jointly to South Korea and Japan; South Korea joins the OECD Hanbo Bribery Scandal; Chun Doo ...
... Organization is established; the UN sends the first shipment of food aid to North Korea Hosting of 2002 soccer World Cup tournament awarded jointly to South Korea and Japan; South Korea joins the OECD Hanbo Bribery Scandal; Chun Doo ...
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... organization in Canada, Citizens for a Canadian Republic, was not founded until 2002 should still cause some reflection about why some questions are seen as somehow self-evident, and others are not.10 The intention is not to mount a ...
... organization in Canada, Citizens for a Canadian Republic, was not founded until 2002 should still cause some reflection about why some questions are seen as somehow self-evident, and others are not.10 The intention is not to mount a ...
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... Organization The organization of the book is as follows. The first four chapters outline the polarization processes. Chapters 1 and 2 focus on South Korea. The first chapter analyzes the democratization process, and the second, the wide ...
... Organization The organization of the book is as follows. The first four chapters outline the polarization processes. Chapters 1 and 2 focus on South Korea. The first chapter analyzes the democratization process, and the second, the wide ...
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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