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Die Entwicklung des politischen Systems Nordkoreas
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 36.02Nordkorea zählt nach dem Zerfall des Ostblocks zu den letzten verbliebenen realsozialistischen Diktaturen in der Welt. Noch immer unterwirft sich das nordkoreanische Volk in bizarr anmutender Weise seinem "geliebten" Führer Kim Jong-Il (Sohn des Kim Il-sungs), während in anderen ex-kommunistischen Staaten schon längst die freie Marktwirtschaft Einzug... more...
Nordkoreas Stellung in der internationalen Politik: Allein gegen Alle?
Diplomica Verlag 2011; US$ 21.82Hauptbeschreibung Die Bachelorarbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Isolation Nordkoreas und den daraus resultierenden Problemen und Folgen. Das Hauptaugenmerk dieser Arbeit liegt auf der Beantwortung der Frage: Warum und inwiefern ist Nordkorea eine isolierte Nation? Den theoretischen Rahmen der Arbeit bilden die Realistische und Institutionalistische... more...
North Korea
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 30.00Located on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, the communist country of North Korea has figured in US foreign affairs since the Korean War ended in 1953. Featuring photographs, maps, and facts and history, this book presents an exploration of the people, culture, history, geography, environment, economy, and government of this nation. more...
Hotspots and Dodgy Places
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2010; US$ 12.80He visits a bizarre flower-show in Pyongyang, crosses confusing ethno-religious fault lines in the Balkans and Lebanon, drinks tea with friendly Yemenis near Osama bin Laden?s ancestral village, explores prehistoric caves with Tuareg tribesmen in Libya, and plays Indiana Jones among pyramids shortly after a rebel attack on Khartoum. Through long-forgotten... more...
The Answers: North Korea
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2012; US$ 12.80How do you solve a problem like North Korea? Much has been written about the deaths of North Korea?s first two leaders, Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, and the implications for the country and its people, but what about the future? Is the Korean peninsula doomed to an unstable, insecure future, or does a brighter future lie ahead? Above all, how is North... more...
North Korea Women in Culture, Business & Travel
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 7.45Women often occupy different roles in a foreign culture. Avoid offensive assumptions and behavior by understanding the position of women in Korean society: their legal rights; access to education and health care; workforce participation; and their dating, marriage, and family life. more...
North Korean Foreign Policy
Lexington Books 2010; US$ 64.99Threat does not inherently matter unless it is perceived, and, on the other hand, anything that is perceived as threat matters, whether or not the threat rings true. North Korean Foreign Policy: Security Dilemma and Succession, by Yongho Kim, posits security dilemma and political succession as the two main factors that North Korea perceives as threat,... more...
Inside the Red Box
Columbia University Press 2010; US$ 37.99Traditional political models fail to account for North Korea's institutional politics, making the country's actions seem surprising or confusing when, in fact, they often conform to the regime's own logic. Drawing on recent primary materials, including North Korean speeches, commentaries, and articles, Patrick McEachern, a specialist on North Korean... more...
Origins of North Korea's Juche
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 64.99For 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... more...









