LEADER 03471nam 22007214a 450 001 9910968102703321 005 20260128170331.0 010 $a9786610912674 010 $a9781317463757 010 $a1317463757 010 $a9781315702070 010 $a131570207X 010 $a9781317463764 010 $a1317463765 010 $a9781280912672 010 $a1280912677 010 $a9780765621825 010 $a0765621827 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315702070 035 $a(OCoLC)368063730 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL1XIU 035 $a(CKB)1000000000348444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1900023 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC302473 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB141282 035 $a(MiFhGG)9780765621825 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000348444 100 $a20050323d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNorth Korea $ethe politics of regime survival /$fYoung Whan Kihl and Hong Nack Kim, editors 210 $aArmonk, N.Y. $cM.E. Sharpe$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aFirst published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 08$a9780765616395 311 08$a0765616394 311 08$a9780765616388 311 08$a0765616386 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-308) and index. 327 $aStaying power of the socialist "hermit kingdom" / Young Whan Kihl -- Emergence of the second republic: the Kim regime adapts to the challenge of modernity / Alexandre Y. Mansourov -- Kim Jong Il's military first politics / Ilpyong J. Kim -- Reconciling nuclear standoff and economic shortfalls: Pyongyang's perspective / C. Kenneth Quinones -- North Korea's weapons of mass destruction / Larry A. Niksch -- North Korea's economic crisis, reforms, and policy implications / Dick K. Nanto -- U.S.-DPRK relations in the Kim Jong Il era / Robert A. Scalapino -- Japanese-North Korean relations under the Koizumi government / Hong Nack Kim -- Sino-North Korean relations in the post-Cold War world / Samuel S. Kim -- Russo-North Korean relations under Kim Jong Il / Peggy Falkenheim Meyer -- North Korea-South Korea relations in the Kim Jong Il era / Seongji Woo -- (Bi-) multilateral approaches to defusing nuclear crisis: beyond the six-party talks as peace strategy / Young Whan Kihl -- Why hasn't North Korea collapsed? understanding the recent past, thinking about the future / Nicholas Eberstadt. 330 $aFeaturing contributions by some of the leading experts in Korean studies, this book examines the political content of Kim Jong-Il's regime maintenance, including the domestic strategy for regime survival and North Korea's foreign relations with South Korea, Russia, China, Japan, and the United States. 606 $aPolitical science$zKorea (North)$xHistory 606 $aSelf-reliance 607 $aKorea (North)$xPolitics and government 607 $aKorea (North)$xMilitary policy 607 $aKorea (North)$xForeign relations 607 $aKorea (North)$xEconomic policy 615 0$aPolitical science$xHistory. 615 0$aSelf-reliance. 676 $a320.95193 701 $aKihl$b Young Whan$f1932-$0902133 701 $aKim$b Hong Nack$01889784 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968102703321 996 $aNorth Korea$94531112 997 $aUNINA