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The North Korean Nuclear Weapons Crisis : The Nuclear Taboo Revisited? / by J. Kim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kim, J. (Jinchoon), 1943- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Politics and war.
- Asia--Politics and government.
- Asia.
- Terrorism.
- Political violence.
- Peace.
- Political science.
- International Relations.
- Military and Defence Studies.
- Asian Politics.
- Terrorism and Political Violence.
- Peace and Conflict Studies.
- Political Science.
- Local Subjects:
- International Relations.
- Military and Defence Studies.
- Asian Politics.
- Terrorism and Political Violence.
- Peace and Conflict Studies.
- Political Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Jina Kim investigates how North Korea rationalized its pursuit of nuclear weapons programs for more than two decades, by exploring the dialectical development of the nuclear crisis and the obstacles generated by complex internal Korean dynamics and conflicting interests amongst the major players concerned.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Toward a Critique of the Nuclear Taboo; Puzzles; Constructivist Approaches; Understanding the Nuclear Taboo; 2 Context of the First Nuclear Crisis (1991-94); Beginning of the Crisis (-1991); Declaration of Forsaking NPT Membership (1992-93); Toward the Agreed Framework in Geneva (1994-); Dialectical Development of Crisis; 3 Negative Identification; Juche Identity and Political Ideology; Legacy of the Cold War Paradigm and Failed Diplomacy; Triangular Relationship and Ambivalence; Fixed Image and Collective Action
- 4 Negative InteractionPoliticization and ""Class Struggle"" Outlook; Inattention and Condemnation; Uncoordinated Approaches among Multiple Players; Parallax View and Incompatible Goals; 5 Context of the Second Nuclear Crisis; Assessment of the First Crisis; Implications for the Second Crisis; 6 Repetitive Patterns of the Crisis; Negative Identification; Negative Interaction; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137386069
- 1137386061
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