Authoritarian survival and leadership succession in North Korea and beyond / Edward Goldring, Peter Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldring, Edward, author.

Ward, Peter (Research fellow), author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and society in East Asia, 2632-7368.

Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and society in East Asia, 2632-7368

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism.

Heads of state--Succession--Korea (North).

Heads of state.

Authoritarianism--Korea (North).

Heads of state--Succession.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Authoritarian Survival and Leadership Succession in North Korea and Beyond examines how dictators manage elites to facilitate succession. Theoretically, it argues that personalistic incumbents facilitate the construction of a power base of elites from outside of their inner circle to help the successor govern once he comes to power. Then, once in office, successors consolidate power by initially relying on this power base to govern while marginalizing elites from their predecessor's inner circle before later targeting members of their own power base to further consolidate power. The Element presents evidence for these arguments from North Korea's two leadership transitions, leveraging original qualitative and quantitative evidence from inside North Korea. Comparative vignettes of succession in party-based China, Egypt's military regime, and monarchical Saudi Arabia demonstrate the theory's broader applicability. The Element contributes to research on comparative authoritarianism by highlighting how dictators use the non-institutional tool of elite management to facilitate succession.

Contents:

Introduction : the challenge of autocratic leadership succession

Theory : how dictators manage elites to facilitate succession

The Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong Il transition

The Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un transition

Comparative applications

Conclusion : implications, future succession, and further research.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Feb 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-57211-3

1-009-57214-8

1-009-57210-5

OCLC:

1468770434