The North Korean Economy : Between Crisis and Catastrophe

ISBN-13: 9781412810524 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 349 str.

Nicholas Eberstadt

Opis

Viewed from afar, North Korea may appear bizarre, or positively irrational. But as Nicholas Eberstadt demonstrates in this meticulously researched volume, there is a grim coherence to North Korea's political economy, and a ruthless logic undergirding it-one that unreservedly subordinates economic welfare to augmentation of political power. Th us, paradoxically, even as offi cial policies and practices consign the DPRK economy to a perilous realm between crisis and catastrophe, the country's leadership maintains unchallenged domestic control and has actually managed to increase its international influence.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments, Preface, 1. Reform, Muddling Through, or Collapse?, 2. “Our Own Style of Statistics”: Availability and Reliability of Official Quantitative Data, 3. International Trade in Capital Goods, 1970–1995: Indications from “Mirror Statistics”, 4. Interlocking Crises in Food, Energy, and Transport Equipment: Indications from “Mirror Statistics”, 5. Socioeconomic Development in Divided Korea: A Tale of Two “Strategies”, 6. Prospects for Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation in the “Sunshine” Era, 7. Economic Recovery in the DPRK: Status and Prospects, 8. If North Korea Were Really “Reforming” How Could We Tell and What Would We See?, 9. Economic Implications of a “Bold Switchover” in DPRK Security Policy, 10. North Korea’s Survival Game: Understanding the Recent Past, Thinking about the Future, List of Abbreviations and Definitions of Specific Korean Terms, Index

O autorze

Catherine Cavanaugh