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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... political instability . Presumably , the degree of political openness affects the manifestation of discontent , but not its existence . One must use the modifier " presumably " because , of course , in politically repressed societies ...
... political integration . How this integration occurs will in part be a function of how unification occurs - whether ... political transformations , is how to balance claims of justice against broader societal interests in facilitating and ...
... political parties have acted as a mechanism for trans - partition political integration . In contrast , political parties in South Korea are weak , and , given the isolation of North Korea ( again worse than the East German case ) ...
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Introduction | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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