Securitization of human rights : North Korean refugees in East Asia / Mikyoung Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Mikyoung, 1963-

Series:

PSI reports (Westport, Conn.)

PSI reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Korea (North).

Human rights.

Korea (North)--Politics and government.

Korea (North).

Korea (North)--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important book focuses on North Korean refugee human rights issues-a topic largely ignored in favor of addressing North Korea's domestic politics and deterrence of Pyongyang's nuclear threat.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction: North Korean Human Rights; 2. The Refugees; 3. Political Construction of Human Rights in China; 4. Security Construction of Human Rights in Japan; 5. Social Construction of Human Rights in South Korea; 6. Moral Construction of Human Rights in the United States; 7. North Korea in the East Asian Community; 8. Conclusion: Reality and Theories; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216142997

9786613599124

9781280569524

1280569522

9780313364082

0313364087

OCLC:

774686235