State, society and markets in North Korea

Resource Information

The work State, society and markets in North Korea represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

State, society and markets in North Korea

Statement of responsibility

Andrew Yeo

Creator

• Yeo, Andrew, 1978-

Author

• Yeo, Andrew, 1978-

Subject

• Economic development -- Korea (North)
• Korea (North) -- Economic conditions -- 2011-
• Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 2011-

Language

eng

Summary

Under Kim Jong-un, North Korea has experienced growing economic markets, an emerging 'nouveau riche,' and modest levels of urban development. To what extent is North Korean politics and society changing? How has the growth of markets transformed state-society relations? This Element evaluates the shifting relationship between state, society, and markets in a deeply authoritarian context. If the regime implements controlled economic measures, extracts rent, and subsumes the market economy into its ideology, the state will likely retain strong authoritarian control. Conversely, if it fails to incorporate markets into its legitimating message, as private actors build informal trust networks, share information, and collude with state bureaucrats, more fundamental changes in state-society relations are in order. By opening the 'black box' of North Korea, this Element reveals how the country manages to teeter forward, and where its domestic future may lie

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Dewey number

338.95193

Index

index present

LC call number

HC470.2

LC item number

.Y46 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and society in East Asia