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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... regime. It will be of interest for upperlevel undergraduates, postgraduates,and academics interested in North Korean politics,andalso those inPolitical Theory. JaeCheon Lim is a researcher attheInstitute forKorean Unification Studies ...
... regime and whether a coupagainst the newtotalitarian leader might soon result fromhis instatement. However,contrary to expectations, Kim JongIl has maintained enough politicalstability that there continue to beno significant signs that ...
... regime. Leadershipisarelationship between a leaderand his orher followers wherein the leader wields a'determining influence'. 1 The leader motivates and mobilizes the followers to achievehis or her political goals.Itis difficult to ...
... regime permits some kindsof political and economic freedoms so longasthe freedom isnotjudgedtothreaten the regime,6thetotalitarian regime—an extreme versionof dictatorship—almost completely denounces freedom and pluralism. In Plato ...
... regime, what distinctive characteristics does North Korea have? Furthermore, how isthestatesimilar to previous dynasties in Korea?These questions,and theconcept of dynastic totalitarianism in general, willbe addressed throughoutthe book ...