{"product_id":"north-korea-markets-and-military-rule-paperback-9780521723442","title":"North Korea; Markets and Military Rule (Paperback) 9780521723442","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNorth Korea\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMarkets and Military Rule\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a historically founded, empirical study of social and economic transformation wrought by 'marketisation from below' in North Korea.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHazel Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521723442, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 6 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e394 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'North Korea is a no-nonsense book. The wealth of documents and statistics does much to buttress the analysis, and it is as good as any English-language book in providing an overview of contemporary North Korea. Smith's analysis of the pre-famine, Kim Ilsungist period is well grounded and clear sighted as she pays due attention to the historical, organizational, and ideological factors that molded the robust system.' John Lie, Cross-Currents\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this historically grounded, richly empirical study of social and economic transformation in North Korea, Hazel Smith evaluates the 'marketization from below' that followed the devastating famine of the early 1990s, estimated to be the cause of nearly one million fatalities. Smith shows how the end of the Cold War in Europe and the famine brought radical social change to all of North Korean society. This major new study analyses how marketization transformed the interests, expectations and values of the entire society, including Party members, the military, women and men, the young and the elderly. Smith shows how the daily life of North Koreans has become alienated from the daily pronouncements of the North Korean government. Challenging stereotypes of twenty-five million North Koreans as mere bystanders in history, Smith argues that North Koreans are 'neither victims nor villains' but active agents of their own destiny.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: North Korea: politics, economy and society\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Jettisoning Caricatures: Understanding History: 1. Beyond the clichés\u003cbr\u003e 2. National identity\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Rise and Fall of Kim Il Sungism: 3. Colonial occupation and the rise of Kim Il Sung\u003cbr\u003e 4. War-fighting as state-building\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Socialism in our own style'\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sisyphus as economic model\u003cbr\u003e 7. Social stratification in the workers' state\u003cbr\u003e 8. Famine and the end of Kim Il Sungism\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Marketisation and Military Rule: 9. Marketisation from below\u003cbr\u003e 10. Military rule from above\u003cbr\u003e 11. The marketisation of well-being\u003cbr\u003e 12. The marketisation of the social structure\u003cbr\u003e 13. Going nuclear\u003cbr\u003e 14. Strategic paralysis\u003cbr\u003e 15. North Koreans as agents of change\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002548080920,"sku":"9780521723442","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521723442i_ec1eefe5-2ee1-49b7-83f3-423cfa3333fb.jpg?v=1691380525","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/north-korea-markets-and-military-rule-paperback-9780521723442","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}