Inside the Red Box : : North Korea's Post-totalitarian Politics / / Patrick McEachern.
North 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, Patric...
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McEachern, Patrick, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Inside the Red Box : North Korea's Post-totalitarian Politics / Patrick McEachern. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2010] ©2010 1 online resource (320 p.) : 6 halftones, 3 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Contemporary Asia in the World Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Post-totalitarian Institutionalism -- 3. Historical Context -- 4. North Korea's Political Institutions -- 5. Institutional Jostling for Agenda Control, 1998-2001 -- 6. Segmenting Policy and Issue Linkages, 2001-2006 -- 7. Policy Reversals, 2006-2008 -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star North 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 1990s, 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) HISTORY / Asia / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231153225 https://doi.org/10.7312/mcea15322 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231526807 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231526807/original |
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