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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... leader ofa totalitariansociety; (ii)asa politician; (iii) as a Korean; and(iv) as an individual person. This illuminating account of whatconstitutes powerand howitis used makes animportant contribution tothe understanding ofan opaque ...
... 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 could maintain the regime and whether a ...
... leader monopolizes decisionmaking. Giventhis highly centralized decisionmaking system, the leader'sroleis more significant than itwouldbein democratic or authoritarian societies.Decisionmaking ina totalitariansociety arisesfromthe leader ...
... Leader, Kim JongIl.The studies madeoutside of North Korea vary depending uponthe author's perspective, which range from disparaging to complimentary. A common characteristic of most of the literature published outside ...
... leader of a totalitarian society; (2) as a politician; (3) as a Korean; and (4) as an individual person. Iwill piece together information about Kim and bring these ostensibly contradictory and inconsistent facts into a conceptual ...