The North And South Korean Political Systems
Title | The North And South Korean Political Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Sung Chul Yang |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 983 |
Release | 2019-09-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1000304000 |
A comparative look at North and South Korea's political and economic institutions and processes, and an examination of their evolution since 1945. Problems such as leadership succession, democratization, nuclear weapons, education and reunification are explored.
Politics in North and South Korea
Title | Politics in North and South Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Yangmo Ku |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2017-12-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317236750 |
Politics in North and South Korea provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the political dynamics of the two Koreas. Giving equal weight to North and South Korea, the authors trace the history of political and economic development and international relations of the Korean peninsula, showing how South Korea became democratized and how Juche ideology has affected the establishment and operation of a totalitarian system in North Korea. Written in a straightforward, jargon free manner, this textbook utilizes both historical-institutional approaches and quantitative evidence to analyse the political dimensions of a wide variety of issues including: Legacies of early-twentieth-century Japanese colonial rule South Korean democratization and democratic consolidation South Korean diplomacy and North Korean nuclear crises The economic development of both North and South Korea The three-generation power succession in North Korea North Korean human rights issues Inter-Korean relations and reunification This textbook will be essential reading for students of Korean Politics and is also suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on East Asian Politics, Asian Studies, and International Relations.
North and South Korea
Title | North and South Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Rice Earle |
Publisher | Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2014-06-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1612286259 |
The Evolution of Government and Politics: North and South Korea provides an opportunity to explore the government and political structures of North and South Korea and how the nations' governments evolved and changed through history. This book discusses issues such the Korean War, political philosophies, debt, poverty, weath, communism, socialism, constitutional changes, and other historical events. The young reader is encouraged to analyze past events and draw conclusions about how outside factors modified North and South Korea's political systems and world influence. The North and South Korea title has been developed to address many of the Common Core specific goals, higher level thinking skills, and progressive learning strategies from informational texts for middle grade and junior high level students.
The North And South Korean Political Systems
Title | The North And South Korean Political Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Sung Chul Yang |
Publisher | Westview Press |
Pages | 983 |
Release | 1994-07-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780813388625 |
Unlike the situation in other countries, dichotomies between the two Koreas arise not from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds but from their diametrically opposed political and economic systems, offering an unmatched real-world case for comparative study. In this comprehensive volume, the author utilizes systematic and comparative perspectives to analyze North and South Korean political and economic institutions and processes and to examine their evolution since 1945. The book opens with a description of the political heritage that led to the emergence of the two separate regimes. The author considers the development of opposing totalitarian and democratizing political orders. He then surveys the differences between the economic systems, strategies, and policies of North and South Korea, evaluating their performance for the last five decades. The author also consider's such long-standing problems as leadership succession, democratization, and liberalization; nuclear weapons and the continuing arms race; and contending approaches to education and reunification.
Understanding Korean Politics
Title | Understanding Korean Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Soong Hoom Kil |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 2010-03-10 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0791491013 |
Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Korea and East Asia, this book provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to contemporary Korean politics. It explicates the great changes in South Korea, which has gone from being one of the poorest nations to a proud member of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation while making the transition to democracy. The work focuses on the geopolitical and cultural setting, historical evolution, institutional foundation, dynamics of political leadership, and political and administrative processes of Korean politics. It also features chapters on political determinants of the rise and decline of the Korean economy, foreign and unification policy of South Korea, and political development and decay in North Korea.
The Evolution of Government and Politics in North and South Korea
Title | The Evolution of Government and Politics in North and South Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Earle Rice (Jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-06-10 |
Genre | Korea (North) |
ISBN | 9781612285887 |
The Evolution of Government and Politics in North and South Korea provides an opportunity to explore the government and political structures of North and South Korea and how the nations' governments evolved and changed through history. This book discusses issues such the Korean War, political philosophies, debt, poverty, weath, communism, socialism, constitutional changes, and other historical events. The young reader is encouraged to analyze past events and draw conclusions about how outside factors modified North and South Korea's political systems and world influence. The North and South Korea title has been developed to address many of the Common Core specific goals, higher level thinking skills, and progressive learning strategies from informational texts for middle grade and junior high level students.
The Real North Korea
Title | The Real North Korea PDF eBook |
Author | Andrei Lankov |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199390037 |
In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive