Kim Jong-il's Leadership of North KoreaRoutledge, 2008年11月24日 - 240 頁 Kim Jong Il came to power after the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994. Contrary to expectations, he has succeeded in maintaining enough political stability to remain in power. Kim Jong Il's Leadership of North Korea is an examination of how political power has been developed, transmitted from father to son, and now operates in North Korea Using a variety of original North Korean sources as well as South Korean materials Jae-Cheon Lim pieces together the ostensibly contradictory and inconsistent facts into a conceptual coherent framework. This book considers Kim and his leadership through an analytical framework. composed of four main elements: i) Kim as a leader of a totalitarian society; ii) as a politician; iii) as a Korean; and iv) as an individual person. This illuminating account of what constitutes power and how it is used makes an important contribution to the understanding of an opaque and difficult regime. It will be of interest for upper level undergraduate, postgraduates and academics interested in North Korean politics, and also those in Political theory. |
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... Kim Il Sung in 1994, his son, Kim Jong Il, began to rule the state. He was little known totheoutsideworld at the time. Experts on North Korea wonderedwhetherKimhad the same power base and personal capacity to govern the state as his ...
... Kim Jong Il do after he was appointed the heir to his father? What has he done as a ruler sincehis father's death? What peculiar features does his leadership have? How isthe junior Kim's leadership different from the senior Kim's ...
... (Kim Jong Il Selected Works) is the most important source. These workshave been distributed in North Korea since1992.The speechesin Kim Jong Il's Selected Works werepublished afterhisstaff revised the original transcripts. Inspiteofthese ...
... KimJong Il'sidentity. While Kim has unique qualities as a 'leader ofa totalitarian society', he also possesses general traits as a 'politician'. One characteristic of the politician is thathis orhermain goal is togain political power. Kim ...
... Kim Jong Il's personal preferences. For example, when thestate createsworks of art and literature, itdoesnot releasethemif they do notsatisfy Kim Jong Il's aesthetic preference. Thecultural phenomena that do notfitKim's preferences ...