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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front cover; About the author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abreviations, spellings and figures; A note on spellings and names; A note on figures; Foreword: The myth and the reality of the state of paranoia; Introduction: The paranoid peninsula; Observers of planet Pyongyang; Tentative reform; The problem of the command economy; North Korea: paranoid peninsula; Part I The Juche nation: beloved leaders, brilliant thoughts, power cuts and empty shelves; 1 A normal day in Pyongyang; Pyongyang: capital of our revolution; A roof over your head; Badges, bicycles and fashions. |
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Looking for the rush hourShopping; Work and school; Love, marriage and fun; Living in the land of perfect bliss; 2 The Juche state: political theory in North Korea; The politics of self-reliance; A creative application of Marxism-Leninism; Selective borrowings from Maoism; Confucianism: tapping into traditional thinking; Underpinnings of Korean nationalism and traditionalism; The architects of Juche; 'Original, brilliant and revolutionary'?; The contradictions of self-reliance; 3 The revolutionary dynasty: leadership in North Korea; Birth of a personality cult. |
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From guerrilla leader to leader of a nationConsolidation and dominance; The undisputed Great Leader; The successor and Dear Leader; 'Expect no change from me'; Tiger father, dog son; The lodestar of the twenty-first century; Part II The economics of North Korea: Chollima, speed battles, collapse and famine; 4 Economics Pyongyang style: command and control; The possibility of perestroika, the impossibility of glasnost; The Chollima spirit; The Great Leap Outward; The impregnable fortress of socialism; The industrial crown jewels; The lack of investment; The doublethink on foreign trade. |
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From subsidy junkie to ailing economyPalaces galore but no socks; The economy shows its cracks; The arduous march begins; The energy crisis: grinding to a halt; The two-track survival economy; The DPRK as an aid economy; The command economy remains firmly in place; 5 The worst of times: food, famine and the arduous march; From riches to rags; The collective agricultural disaster; 'Slow motion famine'; Attempts to resolve the agricultural crisis; Dying in silence; Solving the shortages; The end of the arduous march; 6 The start of a sort of reform: change and regime survival. |
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Open windows attract fliesPerestroika à la Pyongyang; Wages and pricing reforms; Jettisoning the ration; The role of farmers' markets; Reaching under the mattress; Chinese and Russian reform precedents; Pyongyang's twilight economy; A fishing rod of temptation; Reform or die; 7 The reality of reform: a case study of Sinuiju; Caged investment; Sinuiju is announced; The orchid grower comes to town; Greenhouses from Shenyang to Pyongyang; What kind of zone was Sinuiju to be?; The departure of the orchid grower; Sinuiju's confusing message. |
| Summary |
A gripping and provocative account of one of the world's most secretive countries. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Korea (North) -- Politics and government.
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Korea (North) |
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Politics and government. |
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Korea (North) -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Korea (North) -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: French, Paul. North Korea. Zed Books 2014 1306714281 |
| ISBN |
1306714281 (electronic book) |
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9781306714280 (electronic book) |
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9781780329505 (electronic book) |
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1780329504 (electronic book) |
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9781783606832 (electronic book) |
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1783606835 (electronic book) |
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9781780329482 |
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1780329482 |
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9781780329475 |
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1780329474 |
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9781780329499 |
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1780329490 |
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