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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... necessary to know the leader's preferences, behaviors, and social context. In analyzing Kim Jong Il's leadership, this book answersthe followingquestions: Howwashe raisedand educated?How did he become the successor to Kim Il Sung? What did.
Jae-Cheon Lim. he become the successor to Kim Il Sung? What did Kim Jong Il do after he was appointed the heir to his father? What has he done as a ruler sincehis father's death? What peculiar features does his leadership have? How isthe ...
... successor because of his loyaltyand he strengthened hispolitical positionby usinghis father'sexisting authority.However, changes in sociopolitical situations—the collapseof theSoviet Union, thedeathof Kim Il Sung, the partial collapse ...
... successor. It examines whatthe NorthKorean leadership wantedhim to accomplish inthis period, and what he didinorderto satisfy the leadership. Chapter4, 'Heir (1974–1994)', willcover theperiod between February1974 and July1994 ...
... successor; only the junior Kim could inherit the revolutionary state created by the seniorKim. In February 1974, Kim Jong Ilwas secretly appointed the successor ofKimIl Sung during the Eighth Plenumofthe Fifth Central Committee of the ...