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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... unification policies – eclipse anything comparable published in English for their intensity, depth, ferocity, and acrimony. To condense a wealth of material and views into a relative short space may invite criticism, but despite the ...
... unification policies – eclipse anything comparable published in English for their intensity, depth, ferocity, and acrimony. To condense a wealth of material and views into a relative short space may invite criticism, but despite the ...
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... unification” – t'ongil – in Korean) thus refers to the long history of the peninsula as a single, unified state, and implies that the North–South division since 1945 is a relatively brief interregnum in its overall history. area.18 Pre ...
... unification” – t'ongil – in Korean) thus refers to the long history of the peninsula as a single, unified state, and implies that the North–South division since 1945 is a relatively brief interregnum in its overall history. area.18 Pre ...
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... unification. Several factors converged to create a division at the 38th parallel that mirrored the political divisions that rived Korea. First, the aforementioned preconditions served as fertile grounds for ideological polarization to ...
... unification. Several factors converged to create a division at the 38th parallel that mirrored the political divisions that rived Korea. First, the aforementioned preconditions served as fertile grounds for ideological polarization to ...
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... unification by military force. However, any suggestions that there is serious scholarly debate around who launched the immediate attack that started the war are groundless. There is little doubt North Korea launched the initial attack ...
... unification by military force. However, any suggestions that there is serious scholarly debate around who launched the immediate attack that started the war are groundless. There is little doubt North Korea launched the initial attack ...
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... unification was a more distant and impossible dream than it had been three years before, with capitalist pigs and communist devils all seemingly trapped in a static diptych with no realistic scenarios for escape or unification in sight ...
... unification was a more distant and impossible dream than it had been three years before, with capitalist pigs and communist devils all seemingly trapped in a static diptych with no realistic scenarios for escape or unification in sight ...
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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