Bipolar orders : the two Koreas since 1989
North 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. Wh
eBook, English, 2007
Fernwood Pub. ; Zed Books : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, Halifax, London, New York, 2007
History
1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) : map
9781848130517, 9781848134966, 1848130511, 1848134967
609350433
Pandora's box? South Korea's democratization and consolidation
Altered states: economic and social change in South Korea
Holy trinity: North Korean politics after 1989
Economic tetralogies: socioeconomic conditions in North Korea
Decussation effects? North-South relations since 1989
Conclusion: two Koreas in the present
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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