Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two KoreasInstitute for International Economics, 2000 - 431 pagine On the Korean peninsula one of the greatest success stories of the postwar era confronts a famine-ridden-and possibly nuclear-armed-totalitarian state. The stakes are extraordinarily high for both North and South Korea and for countries such as the United States that have a direct stake in these affairs. This study, the most comprehensive volume to date on the subject, examines the current situation in the two Koreas in terms of three major crises: the nuclear confrontation between the United States and North Korea, the North Korean famine, and the South Korean financial crisis. The future of the peninsula is then explored under three alternative scenarios: successful reform in North Korea, collapse and absorption (as happened in Germany), and "muddling through" in which North Korea, supported by foreign powers, makes ad hoc, regime-preserving reforms that fall short of fundamental transformation. |
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... reform has been more successful than " rapid " reform ? The answer can be summed up in a word : China . However , a close examination of the Chinese case ( and the similar case of Vietnam ) suggests that initial condi- tions played a ...
... reform , but in fact followed no coherent policy in the aftermath of the breakup of the Soviet Union . Vietnam actually began a process of gradual reform in 1986 under Soviet encouragement . Although reform was relatively successful ...
... ( 1997 ) , and McMillan ( 1997b ) for more on the relevance of China's reforms to the North Korean case . 48 mous pool of low productivity labor . " In THE PROSPECT FOR SUCCESSFUL REFORM IN THE NORTH 281 The Likelihood of Reform.
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Introduction 1347 | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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