Environment, politics, and ideology in North Korea : landscape as political project / Robert Winstanley-Chesters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winstanley-Chesters, Robert, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Korea (North).

Environmental policy.

Landscapes--Political aspects--Korea (North).

Landscapes.

Utopias--Korea (North).

Utopias.

Korea (North)--Politics and government.

Korea (North).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book provides a unique summary of North Korean environmental and developmental policies. Coupling ideological and political developments with a review of practical projects within specific sectors, it provides the North Korean or East Asian analyst a new lens with which to understand one of the most diffuse and difficult nations on earth.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Abstract; Prefatory Notes; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Juché and the Theorization of a Place of "Lived" Utopian Fulfillment; 3 Building a Landscape of "Lived" Utopia; 4 Building a Landscape of "Lived" Utopia II; 5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-0746-8

0-7391-8778-3

OCLC:

896794389