North Korea : the politics of regime survival / / Young Whan Kihl and Hong Nack Kim, editors

• Pubblicazione: Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 320.95193
• Soggetto topico: Political science - Korea (North) - History; Self-reliance
• Soggetto geografico: Korea (North) Economic policy; Korea (North) Foreign relations; Korea (North) Military policy; Korea (North) Politics and government
• Persona (resp. second.): KihlYoung W. <1932->; KimHong Nack
• Note generali: First published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-308) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Staying 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Featuring 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: NORTH Korea
• ISBN: 1-317-46375-7; 1-315-70207-X; 1-317-46376-5; 1-280-91267-7; 9786610912674; 0-7656-2182-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818683003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II