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North Korea : markets and military rule / Hazel Smith, University of Central Lancashire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Hazel, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korea (North)--Politics and government.
- Korea (North).
- Politics and government.
- Korea (North)--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Korea (North)--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994.
- Kim, Il-sŏng.
- Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
- Kim, Chŏng-il.
- Kim, Chŏng-ŭn, 1984-.
- Kim, Chŏng-ŭn.
- Economic history.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 381 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Part I. Jettisoning caricatures: understanding history
- Beyond the cliches
- National identity
- Part II. The rise and fall of Kim Il Sungism
- Colonialism occupation and the rise of Kim Il Sung
- War-fighting as state-building
- "Socialism in our own style"
- Sisyphus as economic model
- Social stratification in the workers' state
- Famine and the end of Kim Il Sungism
- Part III. Marketisation and military rule
- Marketisation from below
- Military rule from above
- The marketisation of well-being
- The marketisation of the social structure
- Going nuclear
- Strategic paralysis
- North Koreans as agents of change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521897785
- 0521897785
- 9780521723442
- 0521723442
- OCLC:
- 898113305
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