North Korea and the Geopolitics of Development

ISBN-13: 9781108826396 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 302 str.

Jong-Woon Lee

Opis

Examines how the emergence of North Korea's political economy was fundamentally shaped by broader processes of geopolitical contestation.

Recenzje

'This thought-provoking and deeply researched volume is a valuable addition to the field.' Jihyun Kim, Journal of Contemporary Asia

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: The Development-Geopolitics Nexus in North Korea; 1. State Building and Late Development in North Korea; 2. Post-War Reconstruction and Catch-Up Industrialisation; 3. Geopolitical Contestation and the Challenge to North Korean Development; 4. Economic Decline and the Crisis of the 1990s; 5. Marketisation and the Transformation of the North Korean State; 6.North Korean Economic Reform in the Shadow of China; 7. Dependency in Chinese-North Korean Relations?; 8. International Sanctions and North Korean Development; Conclusion.