North Korea - Toward a Better Understanding

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Sonia Ryang Klappentext This volume attempts to multiply the angles from which we can look at North Korea by reassessing the international environment in which it is placed, the process of production of its culture, and the historical paths it followed. Due to the new approach the volume takes, reading these pages will be an eye-opening experience not only for experts, but also for lay readers and anyone who is interested in peace keeping in Korea, Northeast Asia, and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: North Korea: Going Beyond Security and Enemy Rhetoric Chapter 2 Chapter 1. North Korea and the Birth Pangs of a New Northeast Asian Order Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Socialism, Sovereignty, and the North Korean Exception Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Biopolitics, or, the Logic of Sovereign Love-Love's Whereabouts in North Korea Chapter 5 Chapter 4. The Split Screen: Sin Sang-ok in North Korea Chapter 6 Chapter 5. The Politics of Unification and Neoliberal Democracy Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Refugees, Abductees, "Returnees": Human Rights in Japan-North Korea Relations

Product details

• Authors: Sonia Ryang, Sonia (EDT) Ryang
• Assisted by: Sonia Ryang (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2008
• EAN: 9780739132050
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-3205-0
• No. of pages: 164
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: New Asian Anthropology; New Asian Anthropology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)