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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... On the contrary, his behavior is conducted as part ofa deliberate calculative effort to defend his political domain.Hemobilizes his resources to strengthenhis power and willmost likely continueto dosoin thefuture. In the same vein ...
... On the contrary, Japanese rule reinforced social hierarchy. The colonialruleenlarged the modern state apparatus inKorea, includingthe police andother administrative organizations. Owingtomodern technology, the Japanese GovernmentGeneral ...
... on the principles of popular sovereignty and democracy. However, the US arbitrarily divided Korea into twoKoreas. For ... onthe basis of his experiences. Kim JongIlwas raised in theConfucian andnationalist social environment.While ...
... on the analysis of the previous chapters, I willaddress the stylesofKim Jong Il's leadershipin detail. Some ofhis leadership stylesare similar tohisfather'sand others are different.While somestyles appeared from the timehe started ...
... Korean Peninsula with a numberof myths and legends surrounding it. Traditionally, theKoreanshad considered the mountain to beasacred place.Particularly forNorth Koreans,the fact that Kim was born on the 'highest sacred' mountain.