North Korea and the Geopolitics of Development

List of contents

Preface; Introduction: The Development-Geopolitics Nexus in North Korea; 1. State Building and Late Development in North Korea; 2. Post-War Reconstruction and Catch-Up Industrialisation; 3. Geopolitical Contestation and the Challenge to North Korean Development; 4. Economic Decline and the Crisis of the 1990s; 5. Marketisation and the Transformation of the North Korean State; 6.North Korean Economic Reform in the Shadow of China; 7. Dependency in Chinese-North Korean Relations?; 8. International Sanctions and North Korean Development; Conclusion.

About the author

Kevin Gray is a Professor in International Relations at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex.Jong-Woon Lee is Associate Professor and Director of Peace Education Center at Hanshin University, South Korea.

Summary

Gray and Lee focus on three geopolitical 'moments' that have been crucial to the shaping of the North Korean system: colonialism, the Cold War, and the rise of China, to examine how the emergence and subsequent development of the North Korean political economy was fundamentally shaped by broader processes of geopolitical contestation.

Additional text

'Economic development has long been an aspiration for North Korea, even as it is left far behind its neighbors. Despite the catastrophic famine, food-shortage, and economic sanctions, North Korea continues its search for a model of economic development that squares the circle: a market economy without a significant market. This book puts North Korea's difficult quest for power and plenty in historical context, and is a welcome addition to the field.' Meredith Woo, author of Race to the Swift: State and Finance in Korean Industrialization

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Gray, Kevin (University of Sussex) Lee Gray, Gray Kevin, Jong-Woon Lee
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108843652
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84365-2
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Politics & government, economic growth, Political Economy, Politics and government, Central / national / federal government policies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, North Korea, Central government policies