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Title Origins of North Korea's Juche : colonialism, war, and development / edited by Jae-Jung Suh
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012

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Contents Making Sense of North Korea : Juche as an Institution / Jae-Jung Suh -- Colonial Origins of Juche : The Minsaengdan Incident of the 1930s and the Birth of North Korea-China Relationship / Hongkoo Han -- The Making of the Juche State in Postcolonial North Korea / Gwang-Oon Kim -- The Suryong System as the Center of Juche Institution : Politics of Development Strategy in Postwar North Korea / Young Chul Chung -- The Rise and Demise of Juche Agriculture in North Korea / Chong-Ae Yu -- North Korea's Internal Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy / Patrick McEachern
Summary For over five decades, North Korea has outlived many forecasts of collapse despite defects in its system. Origins of North Korea's Juche: Colonialism, War, and Development, edited by Jae-Jung Suh, argues that it has survived because of Juche, a unique political institution built on the simple notion of self-determination, whose meanings and limits have been shaped by Koreans' experiences with colonialism, war, and development amidst surrounding superpowers that have complicated their aspirations and plans
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994 -- Political and social views
Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994
Political culture -- Korea (North)
Self-determination, National -- Korea (North)
Socialism -- Korea (North)
Postcolonialism -- Korea (North)
Economic development -- Korea (North)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Colonial influence
Diplomatic relations
Economic development
Political and social views
Political culture
Politics and government
Postcolonialism
Self-determination, National
Socialism
Korea (North) -- Politics and government.
Korea (North) -- Foreign relations
Korea (North) -- Colonial influence
Korea (North) -- History, Military
Korea (North)
Genre/Form Military history
Form Electronic book
Author Sŏ, Chae-jŏng, 1960-
ISBN 9780739176597
0739176595
9781283891738
1283891735