Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two KoreasColumbia University Press, 1 giu 2000 - 456 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. |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 6-10 di 89
Pagina xxiv
... China, the United States and Japan, and China and Japan all turn. The range of possible outcomes on the Korean peninsula is enormous. The North Korean leadership faces essentially three broad economic options: they can adopt fundamental ...
... China, the United States and Japan, and China and Japan all turn. The range of possible outcomes on the Korean peninsula is enormous. The North Korean leadership faces essentially three broad economic options: they can adopt fundamental ...
Pagina xxvi
... China, and Japan—and the United States have demonstrated a willingness to provide this support and more for fear of North Korea's collapse, or, worse, an internal conflict or lashing out that could put millions of people in Northeast ...
... China, and Japan—and the United States have demonstrated a willingness to provide this support and more for fear of North Korea's collapse, or, worse, an internal conflict or lashing out that could put millions of people in Northeast ...
Pagina xxviii
... Chinese tributary state. This book is organized into three parts. Part one, consisting of this introduction and the next two chapters, provides an overview of the South and North Korean economies. There has been so little interaction ...
... Chinese tributary state. This book is organized into three parts. Part one, consisting of this introduction and the next two chapters, provides an overview of the South and North Korean economies. There has been so little interaction ...
Pagina xxix
... China and a gradual reversion of North Korea to a Chinese tributary state—the status quo for nearly a millennium and an inversion of the self-reliant dreams of Kim Il-sung. INTRODUCTION 13 The South Korean Economy until 1997 In the ...
... China and a gradual reversion of North Korea to a Chinese tributary state—the status quo for nearly a millennium and an inversion of the self-reliant dreams of Kim Il-sung. INTRODUCTION 13 The South Korean Economy until 1997 In the ...
Pagina xxxii
... Chinese ideograph and with which South Korean leaders were well acquainted. One major difference, however, is that the zaibatsu were typically built around a bank, while the South Korean chaebol are dependent on state-dominated ...
... Chinese ideograph and with which South Korean leaders were well acquainted. One major difference, however, is that the zaibatsu were typically built around a bank, while the South Korean chaebol are dependent on state-dominated ...
Sommario
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The North Korean Economy | lxxv |
The Nuclear Confrontation | 3-74 |
The SlowMotion Famine in the North | 3-102 |
The Financial Crisis in the South | 3-126 |
The Prospect for Successful Reform in the North | 3-182 |
The Implications of North Korean Collapse | 285 |
Can the North Muddle Through? | 323 |
Conclusions | 347 |
References | 377 |
Appendix | 401 |
Index
| 405 |
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