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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... political systems, the polar opposite 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 ...
... political systems, the polar opposite 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 ...
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... political power. If the South Korean government has been scurrying to keep up with accelerated social changes, the North Korean government has been facing the challenge of managing change while retaining political control and at the ...
... political power. If the South Korean government has been scurrying to keep up with accelerated social changes, the North Korean government has been facing the challenge of managing change while retaining political control and at the ...
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... political system witnessed the first dynastic succession in a communist state after the death of Kim Il-Sung (Kim IlSo ̆ng), who had ruled North Korea since its formation in 1948. Contrary to predictions by some outside observers of an ...
... political system witnessed the first dynastic succession in a communist state after the death of Kim Il-Sung (Kim IlSo ̆ng), who had ruled North Korea since its formation in 1948. Contrary to predictions by some outside observers of an ...
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... politics or policies. Expectations of divergences notwithstanding, development, democratization, and consumerism appear ... political parties in favor of a more hard-line policy towards their northern neighbor. Nevertheless, government ...
... politics or policies. Expectations of divergences notwithstanding, development, democratization, and consumerism appear ... political parties in favor of a more hard-line policy towards their northern neighbor. Nevertheless, government ...
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... political movements dedicated to making Canada a republic or abolishing such posts as the Governor General of Canada, the official representative of the monarch in the country.9 Although the Quebec sovereignty issue and relations with ...
... political movements dedicated to making Canada a republic or abolishing such posts as the Governor General of Canada, the official representative of the monarch in the country.9 Although the Quebec sovereignty issue and relations with ...
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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