02844oam 2200613I 450 991045922770332120200520144314.01-136-85315-41-283-04210-X97866130421010-203-83496-810.4324/9780203834961 (CKB)2560000000061532(EBL)668258(OCoLC)705929195(SSID)ssj0000470122(PQKBManifestationID)12231141(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470122(PQKBWorkID)10410062(PQKB)10181818(MiAaPQ)EBC668258(Au-PeEL)EBL668258(CaPaEBR)ebr10452476(CaONFJC)MIL304210(EXLCZ)99256000000006153220180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman rights discourse in North Korea post-colonial, Marxist, and Confucian perspectives /Jiyoung SongMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (237 p.)Routledge advances in Korean studies ;21Description based upon print version of record.1-138-01807-4 0-415-59394-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Transliteration; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The evolution of international human rights; 2 Late Chosun philosophies and human rights; 3 Post-colonial people's rights: 1945-8; 4 The Marxist rights thinking of the DPRK; 5 Human rights in Juche Ideology; 6 'Our style' of human rights; Conclusion; References; IndexThis unique book examines the conceptual development of human rights in North Korea from historical, political and cultural perspectives.Dr Jiyoung Song explains how North Korea has understood the concepts of human rights in its public documents since its independence from Japan in 1945. Through active campaigns and international criticism, foreign governments and non-governmental organisations outside North Korea have made numerous allegations of human rights violations. On the other hand, the efforts to engage with North Korea in order to improve the human rights situation through Routledge advances in Korean studies ;21.Human rightsKorea (North)Electronic books.Human rights323.095193Song Jiyoung.914728MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459227703321Human rights discourse in North Korea2049998UNINA