Famine in North Korea - Markets, Aid, and Reform

Informationen zum Autor Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland. Foreword by Amartya Sen Klappentext In the mid-1990s, as many as one million North Koreans died in one of the worst famines of the twentieth century. Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland present the most comprehensive and penetrating account of the famine to date, examining not only the origins and aftermath of the crisis but also the regime's response to outside aid and the effect of its current policies on the country's economic future. North Korea's famine exemplified the depredations that can arise from tyrannical rule and the dilemmas such regimes pose for the humanitarian community. To reveal the state's culpability is a vital project of historical recovery, especially in light of our current engagement with the "North Korean question." Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Foreword, by Amartya Sen Preface 1. Introduction: Famine, Aid, and Markets in North Korea Part I. Perspectives on the famine 2. The Origins of the Great Famine 3. The Distribution of Misery: Famine and the Breakdown of the Public Distribution System Part II. The Dilemmas of Humanitarian Assistance 4. The Aid Regime: The Problem of Monitoring 5. Diversion 6. The Political Economy of Aid Part III: Dealing with a Changing North Korea 7. Coping, Marketization, and Reform: New Sources of Vulnerability 8. Conclusion: North Korea in Comparative and International Perspective Appendix 1: Illicit Activities Appendix 2: The Scope of the Humanitarian Aid Effort Appendix 3: The Marketization Balance Sheet Notes References Index

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• Authors: S Haggard, Stephan Haggard, Stephan (University of California Haggard, Stephan Noland Haggard, Haggard Stephan, Marcus Noland, Noland Marcus
• Assisted by: Sen Amartya (Foreword)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2009
• EAN: 9780231140010
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14001-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Economic history, c 1990 to c 1999, Development economics and emerging economies, North Korea, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)