LEADER 03927nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910791536903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-91931-8 010 $a9786612919312 010 $a0-231-52680-6 024 7 $a10.7312/mcea15322 035 $a(CKB)2560000000056255 035 $a(EBL)908637 035 $a(OCoLC)828795468 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485206 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12177788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485206 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10603815 035 $a(PQKB)10808189 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908637 035 $a(DE-B1597)459118 035 $a(OCoLC)695655090 035 $a(OCoLC)979967658 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231526807 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908637 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10432079 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL291931 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000056255 100 $a20100426d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInside the red box$b[electronic resource] $eNorth Korea's post-totalitarian politics /$fPatrick McEachern 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (559 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary Asia in the world 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15322-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tFigures and Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Post-totalitarian Institutionalism --$t3. Historical Context --$t4. North Korea's Political Institutions --$t5. Institutional Jostling for Agenda Control, 1998-2001 --$t6. Segmenting Policy and Issue Linkages, 2001-2006 --$t7. Policy Reversals, 2006-2008 --$t8. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aNorth Korea's institutional politics defy traditional political models, making the country's actions seem surprising or confusing when, in fact, they often conform to the regime's own logic. Drawing on recent materials, such as North Korean speeches, commentaries, and articles, Patrick McEachern, a specialist on North Korean affairs, reveals how the state's political institutions debate policy and inform and execute strategic-level decisions. Many scholars dismiss Kim Jong-Il's regime as a "one-man dictatorship," calling him the "last totalitarian leader," but McEachern identifies three major institutions that help maintain regime continuity: the cabinet, the military, and the party. These groups hold different institutional policy platforms and debate high-level policy options both before and after Kim and his senior leadership make their final call. This method of rule may challenge expectations, but North Korea does not follow a classically totalitarian, personalistic, or corporatist model. Rather than being monolithic, McEachern argues, the regime, emerging from the crises of the 1990's, rules differently today than it did under Kim's father, Kim Il Sung. The son is less powerful and pits institutions against one another in a strategy of divide and rule. His leadership is fundamentally different: it is "post-totalitarian." Authority may be centralized, but power remains diffuse. McEachern maps this process in great detail, supplying vital perspective on North Korea's reactive policy choices, which continue to bewilder the West. 410 0$aContemporary Asia in the world. 606 $aHISTORY / Asia / General$2bisacsh 607 $aKorea (North)$xPolitics and government$y1994- 607 $aKorea (North)$xForeign relations 615 7$aHISTORY / Asia / General. 676 $a951.9305/1 700 $aMcEachern$b Patrick$f1980-$01505309 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791536903321 996 $aInside the red box$93734793 997 $aUNINA