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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787924703321

Autore

Winstanley-Chesters Robert <1975->

Titolo

Environment, politics, and ideology in North Korea : landscape as political project / / Robert Winstanley-Chesters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0746-8

0-7391-8778-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Disciplina

363.7/0561095193

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Korea (North)

Landscapes - Political aspects - Korea (North)

Utopias - Korea (North)

Korea (North) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abstract; Prefatory Notes; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Juché and the Theorization of a Place of "Lived" Utopian Fulfillment; 3 Building a Landscape of "Lived" Utopia; 4 Building a Landscape of "Lived" Utopia II; 5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book provides a unique summary of North Korean environmental and developmental policies. Coupling ideological and political developments with a review of practical projects within specific sectors, it provides the North Korean or East Asian analyst a new lens with which to understand one of the most diffuse and difficult nations on earth.</span></span>