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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... problems. Thus, while the details will undoubtedly vary, the basic trajectories and social fissures that have arisen in South Korea may serve as usefully proximate templates for challenges awaiting other nationstates. Rather than view ...
... problems. Thus, while the details will undoubtedly vary, the basic trajectories and social fissures that have arisen in South Korea may serve as usefully proximate templates for challenges awaiting other nationstates. Rather than view ...
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... problem, it could be argued, is not the division itself, but the ways in which human mobility between the two countries is restricted. Willingness to question the boundaries that are being normalized requires challenging the ...
... problem, it could be argued, is not the division itself, but the ways in which human mobility between the two countries is restricted. Willingness to question the boundaries that are being normalized requires challenging the ...
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... problems inherent in reducing complex nation-states into simplistic statistical rankings, a 2006 survey placed South Korea at 34 out of 150 countries on its democracy scale, just behind Japan at 32 and Israel at 33.2 In the South Korea ...
... problems inherent in reducing complex nation-states into simplistic statistical rankings, a 2006 survey placed South Korea at 34 out of 150 countries on its democracy scale, just behind Japan at 32 and Israel at 33.2 In the South Korea ...
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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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