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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... the Korean Workers' Party,isalso necessary for grasping Kim's official activitiesand policies. The third categoryof information comes fromthe official biographies of KimJong Il.4 Itis difficultto trust thesewritings as trustworthy ...
... theKorean Workers' Partyin 1964. The junior Kimtried to emulate the senior Kim, spearheading his father's cult of personality andthe totality of the chuch'eidea inNorth Korean society.He has been one of the foremost architects of the ...
... the Korean nation replacedthe objectof 'king' asatargetof their loyalty. Now, the Korean territory nolonger belonged totheking but to the'imagined' nation. During the colonial period, thepeople struggled torestore Korea's national ...
... The'Korean' aspect attempts to provide an answerto how Kim Jong Il as a leader in Korean society is different from Westerntotalitarian leaders. Ontheother hand, the aspect of'politician' willhelp comprehend Kim JongIlas politician in ...
... the Korean War, postwar reconstruction, North Korea's complicated relations with the Soviet Union and China, the generation of the chuch'e idea, and political struggles amongNorth Korean leaders—affected him inmany ways. The factthat ...