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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... theSoviet occupation ofNorthKorea strippeditofan opportunity toundergo 'plural' democracy.Old suppressed commoners took political power forthe first time in Korean history through the communist revolution. But, according to Charles.
... revolution resulted in a new hierarchical society evenmore rigid thanthe Japanese colonial one. 13 Although theearly 'iconoclastic' revolution denounced Confucianism,North Korea later restored Confucian values like filialpiety,loyalty ...
... revolution which Mt Paekdu symbolizes, and which are correctlycarried on by KimJong Ilatthehead of the people. Kim JongIl lives with this spiritof Mt Paekdu andis walkingthe road of revolution, overcoming all trials and difficulties ...
... revolution, providing leadership from their ranks.In other words, ifKimIl Sungrepresents the first generation of revolutionaries, Kim JongIl represents the second. These could be themain reasons for theage change. F. a. mil. y. Kim JongIl ...
... Revolution, and the Great Suryǒng (supreme leader)'. His father was 'the Chosen of Heaven'. 20 Kim Il Sung was born on 15 April 1912, in Pyongyang, as the eldest sonofKim Hyǒngjik and Kang Pansǒk. He had two younger brothers: Ch'ǒlchu ...