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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... father Kim Il Sung in1994.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 ...
... andnieces for their support. Finally, my wholehearted gratitude goesto my father, mother, andwife Sun hee whose unconditional lovewasthedriving force for finishing this book.Thisbook is dedicated to them. A b b r e v i a t i.
... father had possessed. After the first leader's death, thesecond leader hadtodeal withthemost difficult period in North Korea's history, thenatural disasters and mass starvation of 1995–1998. Many people wondered howlong Kim Jong Il ...
... 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? Several books onKim Jong Ilwere published beforehe ...
... father. The fact that he is Kim IlSung's son was certainlyan important variable in becoming theheirof the state, but ... father's cult of personality andthe totality of the chuch'eidea inNorth Korean society.He has been one of the ...