Reconstituting Korean security : a policy primer / edited by Hazel Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Hazel, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation--Korea (North).

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear weapons--Social aspects--Korea (North).

Nuclear weapons.

National security--Korea (North).

National security.

Korea (North)--Foreign relations.

Korea (North).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2007.

Summary:

The issue of institutional development has come to prominence during the last decade or so. During this period, even the IMF and the World Bank, which used to treat institutions as mere details, have come to emphasize the role of institutions in economic development. However, there are still some important knowledge gaps that need to be filled before we can say that we have a good grip on the issue of institutions and economic development, both theoretically and at the policy level. This book is an attempt to fill these gaps. Recognizing the complexity of the issues involved, this book draws together contributions from scholars in economics, history, political science, sociology, public administration and business administration. These experts discuss not only theoretical issues but also a diverse range of real-life institutions political, bureaucratic, fiscal, financial, corporate, legal, social and industrial in the context of dozens of countries across time and space spanning from Britain, Switzerland and the USA in the past to todays Botswana, Brazil and China. The contributors show that there is no simple formula for institutional development. Instead, real-life experiences of institutional development have been achieved through a mixture of deliberate imitation of foreign institutions and local institutional innovations. While arguing there is no set formula for institutional development, this book will assist developing countries to improve their institutions by providing sophisticated theoretical discussions and helpful policy ideas based on real-life cases.

Contents:

Reconstituting Korean security dilemmas / Hazel Smith

Creating Korean insecurity : the US role / Bruce Cumings

Living with ambiguity : North Korea's strategic weapons programmes / Gary Samore and Adam Ward

Economic security in the DPRK / Bradley Babson

Food security : the case for multisectoral and multilateral cooperation / Hazel Smith

The preconditions for Korean security : US policy and the legacy of 1945 / Selig S. Harrison

The DPRK economic crisis and the ROK security dilemma / Suk Lee

Korean security dilemmas : Chinese policies / Ren Xiao

Japan and North Korea : the quest for normalcy / Gavan McCormack

Korean security dilemmas : a Russian perspective / Georgy Bulychev

Korean security dilemmas : European Union policies / Maria Castillo-Fernandez

Korean security dilemmas : ASEAN policies and perspective / John D. Ciorciari

Reconstituting Korean security : a policy primer / Hazel Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-284) and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7113-7

OCLC:

652428695