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North Korean defectors in a new and competitive society : issues and challenges in resettlement, adjustment, and the learning process / Ahlam Lee.
Van Pelt Library HV640.5.K67 L438 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Ahlam, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Defectors--Korea (North).
- Defectors.
- Political refugees--Korea (South)--Social conditions.
- Political refugees.
- Political refugees--Government policy--Korea (South).
- Political refugees--Government policy.
- Social conditions.
- Korea (South).
- Political refugees--Social conditions.
- Korea (North).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 159 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
- Summary:
- Ongoing ideological or political conflicts in the modern world have led to appalling human rights violations against North Korean defectors who attempt to escape from their repressive country and seek freedom. Although some North Korean defectors have survived the life-threatening escape journey and arrived in free countries, their overwhelming challenges have not yet ended, as they now face a range of issues and difficulties in resettlement, adjustment, and learning process in new and competitive societies. North Korean Defectors in a New and Competitive Society articulates several hurdles that North Korean defectors encounter, from their long journey of escape to assimilation in their new homes. This book seeks to raise international awareness of human rights violations against North Koreans and to emphasize the importance of helping them overcome the substantial cultural gaps between North Korea and their new homes. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Rationale for supporting North Korean defectors
- The journey of North Korean defectors from the North to free countries
- The issues and problems defectors face in a new society
- South Korea government support for North Korean defectors
- North Korean defectors who sought asylum and resettled in other countries beyond South Korea
- Implications for practice and future research
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739192665
- 0739192663
- 9781498529723
- 1498529720
- OCLC:
- 920453868
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