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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... totalitarian society without political checks and balances, the leader monopolizes decisionmaking. Giventhis highly centralized decisionmaking system, the leader'sroleis more significant than itwouldbein democratic or authoritarian ...
... totalitarian society'. The term 'dictatorship' has been used to describeboth authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Dictatorship repudiates individualfreedoms, thesphere of civil society, diversity,tolerance of political opposition, and ...
... totalitarian society. Unlike other political forms,thetotalitarian regimeemploys political powerfully concentrated in the handsofa single leader. All subsystems ofa totalitarian society, including the political party, the secretpolice ...
... totalitarian society. On theother hand, this isastudy ofa 'politician'. Being a politician is animportant aspect of KimJong Il'sidentity. While Kim has unique qualities as a 'leader ofa totalitarian society', he also possesses general ...
... totalitarian state,a politician, a Korean, andan individualperson will helpus comprehend Kim and his leadership styles multidimensionally. Theaspect of 'leader of atotalitarian state'tries tofindananswer to howKim Jong Il as a totalitarian ...