Routledge. - Politics in North and South Korea: political development, economy, and foreign relations

Politics in North and South Korea provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the political dynamics of the two Koreas. Giving equal weight to North and South Korea, the authors trace the history of political and economic development and international relations of the Korean Peninsula, showing how South Korea became democratized and how Juche ideology has affected the establishment and operation of a totalitarian system in North Korea.

Written in a straightforward, jargon-free manner, this textbook utilizes both historical-institutional approaches and quantitative evidence to analyze the political dimensions of a wide variety of issues including:

• Legacies of Japanese colonial rule (19101945) and the Korean War (19501953)
• South Korean democratization and democratic consolidation
• South Korean diplomacy and North Korean nuclear crises
• The economic development of both North and South Korea
• The three-generation power succession in North Korea
• North Korean human rights issues
• Inter-Korean relations and reunification

This textbook will be essential reading for students of Korean Politics and is also suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on East Asian Politics, Asian Studies, and International Relations.

Yangmo Ku is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Associate Director in the Peace & War Centre at Norwich University.

Inyeop Lee is Assistant Professor of Politics and History at Spring Arbor University.

Jongseok Woo is Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the University of South Florida.

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Names: Ku, Yangmo, author. | Lee, Inyeop, author. | Woo, Jongseok, author.

Title: Politics in North and South Korea: political development, economy, and foreign relations / Yangmo Ku, Inyeop Lee and Jongseok Woo.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017033557 | ISBN 9781138647459 (hardback) | ISBN 9781138647503 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781315627014 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Korea (South)Politics and government. | Korea (South) Foreign relations. | Korea (South)Economic conditions. | DemocracyKorea (South) | Korea (North)Politics and government. | Korea (North)Economic conditions. | Nuclear weaponsKorea (North) | Human rightsKorea (North) | Korea (South)Foreign relationsKorea (North) | Korea (North)Foreign relationsKorea (South)

Classification: LCC JQ1725 .K8 2018 | DDC 320.9519dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017033557

ISBN: 978-1-138-64745-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-64750-3 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-62701-4 (ebk)

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